It’s been another interesting day here in Christchurch with 2 shakes, one of magnitude 5.5 and the other a 6. We’d like to take this chance to say thanks to all those who have sent their best wishes to us and to say that we are still standing tall!
The smaller quake came first followed by the larger one just an hour or so later. Both were centred just at the edge of Banks Peninsular. Thankfully no-one was killed and this can be attributed to the decision to block off the inner city until the area can be made safe. On the not so good side, the Cathedral and other buildings have suffered further.
The full extent of damage will become clearer tomorrow but there is widespread liquefaction damage in the eastern suburbs and there were more rock falls in Sumner.
We had minor superficial damage, which means things fell over scratching on walls etc. and we lost water for about 4 hours. Talking about water, after a hard day we had just a little bit of fun, tipping out the dirtied well water we got as a back-up and videoed it cos that’s what we do!
The smaller quake came first followed by the larger one just an hour or so later. Both were centred just at the edge of Banks Peninsular. Thankfully no-one was killed and this can be attributed to the decision to block off the inner city until the area can be made safe. On the not so good side, the Cathedral and other buildings have suffered further.
The full extent of damage will become clearer tomorrow but there is widespread liquefaction damage in the eastern suburbs and there were more rock falls in Sumner.
We had minor superficial damage, which means things fell over scratching on walls etc. and we lost water for about 4 hours. Talking about water, after a hard day we had just a little bit of fun, tipping out the dirtied well water we got as a back-up and videoed it cos that’s what we do!
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