[spronkey]

Phwoar. Glad to be alive right now!
 
I was on Kilmore St in the CBD at work when it hit - it was notably worse than the first one shake-wise. Saw a few buildings basically crumble when we ran outside!
 
A bit of trivia - the peak ground acceleration during this quake was 2.2G - or about 3x that of most magnitude 6.3 shakes, and just under twice that of the big 7.1 in September.
 
Current estimates are that around 30% of the central business district is going to have to be demolished, and there are many hundred homes around the city (so far) that are uninhabitable.
 
Wow.

 

[GreatDane]

Is there any speculation/prediction of more after quakes to come? I haven't kept up to date but it seems that in Sept. there were a lot of after shocks soon after.
 
I imagine that there are some damaged buildings now that could crumble and some weakened slightly that would progress into the demolish list if another substantial quake hits.

 

[Audio-Omega]

There was another earthquake earlier today.  

 

[fraseyboy]

Yeah but it really wasn't all that bad. I expect there'll be another 5-6 within the next few months as well since that seems to be the trend. They're not going away. May as well get used to them.

 

[chinesekiwi]

*sigh*
 
Can we just re-name this city Quake City.....
 
Just had 5.5 and a 6.0. Twas good. Usual aftershocks of the aftershocks still continuing.
For overseas peeps, go for New Zealand news websites for better more detailed infomation.

 

[fraseyboy]

They're such an inconvenience. Schools out till Wednesday but we were already very behind from the 22nd one. We need all the time we can get :/
 

 

[Audio-Omega]

I hope the damage is minimal this time.  

 

[Currawong]

I gather that Xmas services were held outside today due to the number of aftershocks from the most recent quake.