One Year On

It has now been one year since we experienced the first earthquake. Since that 7.1 magnitude quake centred around Darfield we have experienced over 8300 aftershocks including the terrible 6.3 magnitude quake on 22nd February which caused so much damage and the loss of so many lives. A lot has changed over the last year, buildings [...]

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Yet Another Shake

Running a bit behind this week, mainly due to another large aftershock on Monday. In fact we had two in quick succession, a 5.7 and then a 6.3 less than 90 minutes later. More mess, more liquefaction for the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. The quakes themselves have not caused significant new damage to my home [...]

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Demolished

It is just over a week since Christchurch was hit by the magnitude 6.3 aftershock which did so much damage to the city. For me things are getting back to some semblance of normality; I am back at work and my kids are back at school. In the city itself, particularly in the eastern suburbs [...]

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Shaken Again

Almost 6 months after the last big earthquake here in Christchurch we have suffered a second. On Tuesday 21st February at 12:51pm the ground again decided to shake, this time a 6.3 magnitude quake but closer to the city and shallower. Last time the quake happened at night, no one was about but this time [...]

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Still Shaking

It has now been more than four weeks since the earthquake. The actual quake itself was not an experience I wish to have again. It was scary. Having seen images and reports from other large earthquakes around the world I knew that there would be aftershocks but it had not really hit me how many [...]

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