A 7.4 Eartquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/03/usgs-7-4-magnitude-quake-hits-near-new-zealand/?hpt=T1
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/03/usgs-7-4-magnitude-quake-hits-near-new-zealand/?hpt=T1
Damn 7.4. That is freaking huge. Waiting to see how bad the damage and loss of life is going to be.
The 5 o'clock news, on CBC2, reported that there was some damage, but no deaths reported, at that time.
The Haites one made the length of an earth day a few super small fractions of a fraction of a second longer. I wonder if this one will do the same.
That's because of decent infrastructure thankfully Both NZ and Chile had very good building practices so the damages were minimal....Haiti on the other hand was ****ed years before the quake even hit--very awful infrastructure there.Its good that we've progressed far enough that pretty big earthquakes can happen with such a small (or in this case zero) casualties.
The Haites one made the length of an earth day a few super small fractions of a fraction of a second longer. I wonder if this one will do the same.
OMG, the crust is going to burst!!!!
I wonder if that christian food bank that made news there for not accepting help unless it was from Christians a couple months or so ago will be more willing to reconsider any help they can get--especially considering the possible needed relief efforts.
7.0 earthquake in large, populated city in Haiti: Hundreds of thousands dead, city is reduced to rubble
7.4 earthquake in large, populated city New Zealand: Zero dead, some damage, mostly minor, and the city isn't a total loss
It's amazing what building codes and some of that "evil big government regulation" can do
Having buildings made of wood rather than cinder block helps too!