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     Oldog |
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A strong earthquake hit near New Zealand’s second-largest city, Christchurch, early Saturday. Authorities reported extensive damage across the city but said so far only minor injuries were being reported. The quake, which was recorded at 4:35 a.m. (1:35 p.m. Friday ET), registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said in Washington. It revised its initial forecast of a moderate impact and was projecting potentially “very heavy damage” in some areas of the city | ||
| 5liter |
Tsunami warnings? | ||
| Etennuly |
I hope all are well. | ||
| Doerman |
He should be ok. He's in Auckland - a few hundred miles away from Christchurch. | ||
| Whatever |
Wow!  It's a bigun... even for the ring of fire... | ||
| Whatever |
This website is pretty cool... can see the effect rippling out from the source... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events /us/2010atbj/us/index.html | ||
| Whatever |
I fell in to a burning ring of fire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Ring_of_ Fire.svg | ||
| Danger_dave |
Yeah - I'm +1000km North of Christchurch. Thanks for asking. Nice spring day here. Got a few Pals down there, will check up on them later. (Message edited by danger_dave on September 03, 2010) | ||
| Danger_dave |
All OK with my people. Bit of a mess though. http://www.nzherald.co.nz I was living in Newcatle NSW when that City got a hammering. Any builders looking for work. There will be some vacancies! | ||
| Blasterd |
Take care over there Dave, glad your ok and hope all is well with your friends there... | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
A major earthquake hit New Zealand this morning.The country is devastated with 350,000 Kiwis missing, the government has issued a worldwide appeal. Britain is flying in rescue workers and sniffer dogs. The USA is flying in food supplies and aid money. Germany is flying in special trained police. Russia is flying in tents and warm clothing. Australia is flying in 350,000 replacement Kiwis...  | ||
| Danger_dave |
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/1 28219-Songs-to-play-in-Canterbury | ||
| Danger_dave |
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/ news/article.cfm?c_id=1502981&objectid=10671624 | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Very cool news article. A bunch of students getting stuck in and cleaning up - wow! Restores my faith in the human race  . Very cool tunes on the kiwibiker thread, great Kiwi sense of humour shines through in adversity  | ||
| Danger_dave |
This one is worth noting too: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/ news/article.cfm?c_id=1502981&objectid=10671907 | ||
| Danger_dave |
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| Danger_dave |
http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.com/2010/09/note -shakey-town.html |
