My knee jerk reaction when I hear or read about a quake in New Zealand is the city of Christchurch. The quakes there have been merciless at times.
The map below is where the calls came from people effected by the quake. Those phone calls are important to scientists. The scientists are always seeking how people are doing when such events occur. No one experiencing a quake no matter how minor should call their government geologists.
I haven't look at USGS site yet.
A quake (click here) that rocked the lower North Island this evening has been upgraded to magnitude 5.8.
GeoNet said the "severe" intensity quake struck 15km east of Pongaroa, on the east coast near the border between Wairarapa and Manawatu, at 9.05pm....
...The quake was 24km deep....
...No one has reported damage or injury at this stage.
"A lot of them (reported) a lot of rattling but we don't have any reports of damage and we don't expect any either."
Dr Holden said there had been about 10 "really small" aftershocks so far, mostly around 2 and 3 magnitude.
She said it wasn't unusual to have an earthquake in the area.
"The region is prone to very slow earthquakes so it's not a surprise"....
The map to the right is the location of Christchurch. It is just south of the quake today. There are no reports of an earthquake.
The map to the left (click here) is the seismic activity of the plate movement of New Zealand. The arrow is instructive to know the direction of the potential quakes. This is an issue for New Zealand. Realizing Christchurch has no 'felt quakes' is good news. The tension along the fault zone might be moving north and the worst is over for that city for awhile at least.
The map below is where the calls came from people effected by the quake. Those phone calls are important to scientists. The scientists are always seeking how people are doing when such events occur. No one experiencing a quake no matter how minor should call their government geologists.
I haven't look at USGS site yet.
A quake (click here) that rocked the lower North Island this evening has been upgraded to magnitude 5.8.GeoNet said the "severe" intensity quake struck 15km east of Pongaroa, on the east coast near the border between Wairarapa and Manawatu, at 9.05pm....
...The quake was 24km deep....
...No one has reported damage or injury at this stage.
"A lot of them (reported) a lot of rattling but we don't have any reports of damage and we don't expect any either."
Dr Holden said there had been about 10 "really small" aftershocks so far, mostly around 2 and 3 magnitude.
She said it wasn't unusual to have an earthquake in the area.
"The region is prone to very slow earthquakes so it's not a surprise"....
The map to the right is the location of Christchurch. It is just south of the quake today. There are no reports of an earthquake.The map to the left (click here) is the seismic activity of the plate movement of New Zealand. The arrow is instructive to know the direction of the potential quakes. This is an issue for New Zealand. Realizing Christchurch has no 'felt quakes' is good news. The tension along the fault zone might be moving north and the worst is over for that city for awhile at least.
