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Live updates: Christchurch quake (New Zealand 6.3 Fatalities Reported)
TVNZ ^ | 2/22/2011 | TVNZ

Posted on 02/21/2011 6:15:03 PM PST by Nextrush

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To: dfwgator

The quake was right under the city and the city is built on sand, gravel and dirt with a water table below it. Liquification is a fact there. The shaking that the city felt would have been tremendous, more than just the Richter Scale would suggest. There are other scales which quantify the severity in terms of the shaking felt and damage done. Those scales will better reflect what Christchurch is experiencing.


61 posted on 02/21/2011 8:35:26 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: melsec
Person Finder: Christchurch Earthquake, February 2011
62 posted on 02/21/2011 8:36:05 PM PST by Daffynition ( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
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To: BunnySlippers
I lived in Pomona and Glendale from 1974 to 1989, so I went through the 5.0 Whittier quake. I know about the required reinforcement of brick structures.

I lived in Simi Valley across from the Reagan Library from 1993 to 1997, so I went through the 6.7 Northridge quake.

I went through the 6.8 Nisqually quake up here in Seattle in 2001.

I've seen a whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

63 posted on 02/21/2011 8:36:49 PM PST by Publius
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To: BunnySlippers

Masonry buildings are deathtraps. They really are, inside and out.


64 posted on 02/21/2011 8:38:03 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Publius

God bless you, but I don’t want to live anywhere near you!


65 posted on 02/21/2011 8:39:55 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Publius

Our daughter has pointed out numerous buildings in San Luis Obispo going through new reinforcement processes and has described the detail of all the codes they have to satisfy (She’s a brand new architectural engineer just out of Cal Poly).


66 posted on 02/21/2011 8:43:54 PM PST by BuckyKat (Green is the new red.)
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To: Danae
God bless you, but I don’t want to live anywhere near you!

Actually, according to your FReeper home page, you do.

67 posted on 02/21/2011 8:46:57 PM PST by Publius
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To: Publius
Sigh, I noticed that after I posted. If Cascadia lets loose, we are all equally screwed... Seriously, I pray I am west of the Willamette and south of the Columbia... because every bridge between Kalamath Falls and British Columbia will be impassible. Masonry buildings will be a MAJOR problem in Seattle and Portland. I REALLY don't want to be either place in a Cascadia event.
68 posted on 02/21/2011 8:53:06 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Danae

Not to mention tsunamis....Cannon Beach, Ocean Shores, etc.

I live in the South Sound area. I don’t want to be here if The Big One hits. And it’s not only the Cascadia Subduction Zone...

The Seattle Fault runs right beneath the city center. Geologists say the last time that sucker let go, the ground moved SIX FEET. That would rip Seattle apart.


69 posted on 02/21/2011 9:04:11 PM PST by hoagy62 (I am a optimistic pessimist. I am positive that the world is going to Hell.)
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To: MediaMole; bd476

Wow!


70 posted on 02/21/2011 9:14:39 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Nextrush

TV 3 in New Zealand (via the Australian internet feed up-thread) reporting at least 17 confirmed dead so far, number expected to rise much higher. The Christchurch cathedral has partially collapsed. A four-story office building pancaked, 30+ still trapped inside. Two tour buses crushed by falling rubble in the central business district. This is a bad one, much worse than the September earthquake; even though it was “only” a 6.3 magnitude, they’re saying the epicenter was extremely shallow, only about 3 miles deep, which made it more violent at the surface.

}:-)4


71 posted on 02/21/2011 9:21:24 PM PST by Moose4 ("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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To: Moose4

It’s just been updated to 65 dead.


72 posted on 02/21/2011 9:27:17 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Nextrush

Per TV3, Christchurch mayor has announced (as of 0020 EDT) the death toll is now 65 and still expected to rise. :(

}:-)4


73 posted on 02/21/2011 9:27:23 PM PST by Moose4 ("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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To: infowarrior

As if that jerk didn’t know that.


74 posted on 02/21/2011 9:30:03 PM PST by Royal Wulff
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To: Moose4

There’s a helicopter video of the damage here...

http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Helicopter-footage-of-Christchurch-after-quake/tabid/309/articleID/199342/Default.aspx

You can also view other videos at that site.


75 posted on 02/21/2011 9:36:14 PM PST by IM2MAD
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To: Moose4

If I remember correctly the 7.1 was off shore away from the island and deeper depth. The pics I`ve seen are devestating....

prayers for sure


76 posted on 02/21/2011 9:44:26 PM PST by cleveland gop (GREEN BAY BACKERS SB45 CHAMPIONS! VINCE COMES HOME AGAIN!!!)
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To: Daffynition

Thanks for that - not many names on their yet and she doesn’t work in the City so I am gunna wait for news from my brother.

Cheers

Mel


77 posted on 02/21/2011 9:46:05 PM PST by melsec
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To: Publius
Citizen X knows Puget Sound quakes:

1949 - 7.1 8 dead - As a kid I was outside playing and remember running like hell.

1965 - 6.5 7 dead - Just sat down at work and dove under desk.

2001 - 6.8 - Nisqually quake. I was 180 mi. away in Portland, OR at a red light and felt the swaying.

Glad I wasn't around for the January 1700 event on the WA coast estimated around 9.0+. Caused a tsumami that struck Japan's Honshu island.

78 posted on 02/21/2011 10:23:44 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51 (Jimmy Carter: Now available in black)
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To: Daffynition

Just found out my niece is fine - she said it was terrifying “like the end of the world”

Mel


79 posted on 02/21/2011 10:28:25 PM PST by melsec
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To: hoagy62
The Seattle Fault runs right beneath the city center. Geologists say the last time that sucker let go, the ground moved SIX FEET. That would rip Seattle apart.

Seattle's small 1965 6.5


80 posted on 02/21/2011 10:35:09 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51 (Jimmy Carter: Now available in black)
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