[Geysers] The Christchurch earthquake

[Ron Keam]

Some on this list might like to visit the following site which 
presents a time-lapse representation of the Christchurch earthquake 
and most particularly the aftershock sequence.  It is being 
automatically maintained right up to the minute. The residents of 
Christchurch are getting heartily tired of being jolted, and at night 
woken, by the continuing shocks and a few people have chosen to leave 
the city for a while.  Schools have been reopened.  The fresh water 
distribution service is now again functional after at first being 
suspected of having been contaminated with sewage and until now 
residents have been routinely boiling their tap water.

The total cost of the event has now been re-estimated to be around 
$NZ4 billion.

There has been a lot of press coverage at the contrast between what 
happened in Christchurch and what happened in Haiti.  The magnitudes 
of the two events were essentially the same.

http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/

I shall ask my Christchurch friend who took the photos of the sand 
volcanoes if he is happy for me to send them to the list.  I am sure 
you would find them of interest.

Ron Keam
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