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 Topic: Earthquake/Tsunami in Christchurch NZPosted: November 13 2016 at 4:50am |
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A 7.4 Magnitude quake has hit North of Christchurch in New Zealand
KiwiMum, please let us know you are OK ASAP.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 5:19am |
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https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/2461 and http://www.geonet.org.nz/ (http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TIBPAC.2016.11.13.1304 tsunami-risk limited to parts of New zealand-the way it looks now. But past experiences with tsunami's may want people to stay informed all around the pacific.)
Hope you are okay KiwiMum ! https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/tsunami-confirmed-civil-defence-gives-urgent-warning-after-magnitude-7-5-quake-in-south-island-evacuation-advised Tidal measurements from Geonet now indicate that a tsunami two metres or more has been recorded in Kaikoura, and indications are it will hit other parts of the South Island soon. The Ministry of Civil Defence is warning all residents of the coastal South Island, North Island and the Chatham Islands to move inland or to higher ground as soon as possible. "The first wave activity may not be the most significant. Tsunami activity will continue for several hours and the threat must be regarded as real until this warning is cancelled." Geonet's revised measurements say the quake was centred 15km northeast of Culverden at a depth of 15km and struck at 12.02am. It was felt aross the country, with a series of strong aftershocks also felt since the main quake. |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 8:17am |
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http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/en/event/9824511 According to Italian seismologists the quake was 8.1. (Between Christchurch and Wellington South/North-island)
Several aftershocks http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt. |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:35am |
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Kiwimum, you were in my thoughts and prayers this morning when I heard about the quake. May God bless all of you as your country and you go through this natural disaster.
When you can let us know how you are doing. Hey, guys I bet Kiwimum does not have internet, can any of you computer wizards find out if the net in NZ is down find out when it may get up? |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:37am |
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P.S. do any of you remember or know generally where Kiwimum lives in NZ?
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:43am |
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I don't remember exactly what area??? anyone else?
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:47am |
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Best wishes to KiwiMum, I remember when Mexicali, MX has a 7.2 eq in I believe 2010, it disrupted our communications in Riverside County, California for a couple of hours and we weren't even that close to it.
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:49am |
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Hi guys thanks for your concern. Amazingly we still have internet. We put in a satelite internet link last year and it's holding up.
It was a huge shake. I'm quite close to epicentre. We were all asleep. I woke up because one of our cats screeched really loudly and then the quake started. It lasted for over a minute and the shaking was very strong. It woke us all up. I'm pleased to say that we're fine, and that we followed our earthquake drill - which is if you're in bed you stay in bed. We were all shouting to each other as the house rocked and rolled. We have relatives who are further south than us (and further away from the epicentre) who are by the coast and were evacuated in the early hours because of the tsunami risk. I live about an hours drive north of Christchurch, about 40 miles as the crow flies from the epicentre.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:55am |
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We've had a lot of aftershocks this morning. The power is out in a lot of places. We're ok because we live off grid so we're watching the TV this morning and seeing how bad it is everywhere. Anyway we're all tired and yawning. I'm half expecting another large quake as we are surrounded by huge faults that are long overdue to rupture. Thankfully we're high up so no tsunami risk for us.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 10:07am |
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Good to hear you're safe, KiwiMum. Just logged on and saw Techno posting about the earthquake.
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 11:20am |
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Good to hear you are safe (but shaken) KiwiMum ! I hope damage and loss of life stays limited.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 12:27pm |
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So good to hear you are ok KiwiMum!
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 1:30pm |
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Thanks for your good wishes. I've just been into town and everyone there is shaken and tired. There were apparently loads of vehicles on the roads in the early hours as the coastal areas were evacuated. Lots of friends were in Welfare centres drinking tea at 3am.
But there's no panic buying or over reacting which is good. I went to three shops and stood and had a good old chinwag with the staff for 20 minutes or so. There's not much damage where we are, as all the vunerable buildings were damaged 5 years ago in that quake storm and have now been repaired. Our new earthquake proof road bridge is also fine which is good news. I saw a few people hauling sleeping bags out to cars where they have spent the night with relatives. My children have put the tent up in our back garden in case we need it. They are excited about reports of military helicopters flying by to check for damage, but I doubt we'll see them here as we live in the middle of nowhere. One things for sure, it'll be a long day. Everyone in town looked knackered and was yawning. All schools are shut and lots of public buildings while they get checked out for structural repairs. There is a king tide today and i can't help but wonder if that has affected the earthquakes. Dutch Josh, do you know anything about this? Also someone said they'd heard a prediction that a larger quake is due today. Dutch Josh have you heard this? |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 1:55pm |
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thoughts are with you Kiwis,
must visit the south island one day soon you might sink, lol
TAKE CARE !!!!Kiwimum...... |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 4:21pm |
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Glad you are all well and safe! I have been putting up Christmas stuff all day and you have been on my mind the whole time so I am glad you have internet.
May God bless your country and all of it's people in this time of trial. You guys are tough living in a huge quake zone and taking it like it is a little "accident" that just happened. I hope you all recover fast. |
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 4:43pm |
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Thank you FluMom for your kind thoughts and words. We're fine where I live, we're very lucky. 5 minutes ago we had a 6.6. The poor people of Kaikoura have no water and no sewerage and most of the roads in and out are cut off. At least we live on a farm. We have everything we need here, although we're not quite sure what state our well is in.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 9:55pm |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_RuHJOZCBw Dutchsinse has an earthquake update (almost an hour ! Also his forcast is very long-time eating. ) I look what I can find. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_tide
Dutchsinse warned for more earthquakes all around the pacific (before New Zealand-quake) due to a series of very deep Fiji quakes.
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Posted: November 13 2016 at 10:43pm |
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High Sea warning http://www.metservice.com/marine-surf/high-seas/forties with 2 meter high tide in Kaikoura http://www.metservice.com/marine-surf/tides/kaikoura. For the moment aftershocks are getting weaker but still very frequent http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt/weak so there is still a chance for some stronger (M4-M5) aftershocks I guess (DJ).
The latest deep Fiji quake http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007788#executive is almost 24hrs old. With some luck the most of the pressure-for the moment-may have been released. (But it looks like we are in a period with increased seismic activity, Dutchsinse warns for M5 quakes along the fracture north and south of the epicenter. Also increased volcanic risk on the North Island. But when new deep Fiji quakes restart the outlook worsens). Proberbly main things to do-access to drinking water (and food), out of risk of collapsing structures/mountains/landslides. High ground. Let people/family/ authority know were you are. Given the mountain area small aftershocks can start landslides, cause flooding (water being obstructed giving way-even on high ground this may cause problems). Weather Kaikoura:http://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/kaikoura http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86416467/photos-large-quake-strikes-new-zealand Movement was over 5 feet/2meters over a 160 kilometer area. (facebook Dutchsinseofficial)
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Posted: November 14 2016 at 3:03am |
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/318014/gales-up-to-140km-h-to-hit-quake-affected-areas-today and http://www.metservice.com/warnings/severe-weather-warnings Parts of the area that felt the earthquakes face storm and rain.
There were several M5+ aftershocks the last few hours http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt/moderate and EMSC is giving two deep earthquakes http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/world/M4/ in the SW Pacific. (depth 585 km Fiji M4,8 and depth 614 km Celebes Sea M4.2) proberbly causing increased seismic shallow activity. Supermoon may be reason for high tide (king tide) and may be related to increased seismic activity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon#Effect_on_tides. But since super-moons can be calculated statistics show no real coincidence with earthquakes (and very limited effects on tides). There may be a tendency for the (after)quakes in New Zealand to move north along the faultline. The Pacific has seen the largest earthquakes in recent history (M9 and up). My own interpretation of Dutchsinse is that there are "several silent zones" (Japan-Honshu, Sumatra, Pacific North West, Mexico, Chili) and maybe "weak spots" (like New Zealand) that may see (another) quake M7+ in the coming two/three days.
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Posted: November 14 2016 at 9:39pm |
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A GeoNet seismologist explains there was first slow movement north of the epicenter-than the M7.5 quake-and later on the smaller quakes, mixed with aftershocks continued. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfoSrv7QpTw
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/wellington-floods-happened-trains-resume-altered-schedules-flood-clean-up-begins bad weather in the earthquake region, infrastructure (rails/road) destroyed. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112598-new-zealands-latest-earthquake-could-trigger-a-mega-quake/ and https://kevinhester.live/2016/07/31/isostatic-rebound-and-our-rocky-future/ Melting ice in the polar regions mean a shift of pressure is going on.
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Posted: November 17 2016 at 10:40am |
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So we're a few days on from the earthquake which has been upgraded to 7.8. Things are pretty normal where I live except the main motorway up the coast is closed. They are estimating that there have been between 80,000 and 100,000 landsiides, and are in doubt as to whether the route can ever be reopened.
As luck would have it, Auckland was hosting an important naval ceremony and had invited America and Australia to it, so we had an American battleship and an Australian battleship in their harbour. Both of these, plus a NZ one set off for Kaikoura and have been helping with the evacuation of the 1000 tourists who are stranded in the town that has no road access now. It's been very sweet on the news seeing all the service men and women from these three ships shaking hands and working together, and they were saying what a useful exercise and first hand experience it's been for them. They've been ferrying the people to Lyttelton just south of Christchurch, and then bringing back supplies. They've been using their landing craft and all their equipment. On the front of our local paper, it ran the (irresponsible) headline of "Stock up NOW - supplies will run out", and went on to say that supply routes are all blocked and so stock up or go without. I had to go into town that morning so went to the supermarket to find it was like Christmas Eve, absolutely packed. I haven't been back since so am not sure what the state of play is now but will let you know.
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Posted: November 17 2016 at 7:04pm |
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Nothing like the press causing panic buying. At least you are well stocked on most things!
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