A series of powerful earthquakes rocked the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, December 23, 2011, rattling buildings, closing the airport and sending out property owners rushing from buildings and prompting frightened vacation shoppers to run away into the streets.
According to the US Geological Survey, the 1st 5.eight quake struck 26km (15 miles) north-east of the city at a depth of 4.7 km at 1358 regional time (0058 GMT). Minutes later on, a 5.three-magnitude aftershock hit. About an hour right after that, the city was shaken by one more five.eight-magnitude temblor in virtually precisely the very same location. Initial reports mentioned someone had gotten minor injuries, despite the fact that St John had truly responded to 19 earthquake-connected emergency contacts and about Christchurch. It comes 10 months soon after swathes of the city were harmed by yet another quake.
A series of effective earthquakes struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, December 23, 2011
Dust rises from rocks falling from a cliff in the Christchurch suburban region of Sumner moments following the earthquake struck on December 23, 2011
This image showing cliffs and trees dropping with aftershock in Sumner on Friday
Christchurch NZ has tape-recorded a lot more than 7,000 earthquakes since a magnitude-7 quake rocked the city on Sept. four, 2010 that did not lead to any deaths. In February 2011, a six.three magnitude earthquake struck the principal company district of Christchurch, eliminating more than 180 folks, triggering as a lot as NZ$ 20bn ($ 15.5 bn, ₤ 9.9 bn) in monetary losses.
This image is the view of Scarborough and Godley Head Cliffs
In addition, there was liquefaction that is the weakening of the soil due to the rising of silt and water triggered by an earthquake
Goods from the shelves strew the aisles of Countdown Northwood not long after the 1.58 pm earthquake
Christchurch Airport has truly been evacuated and inbound flights diverted following a big earthquake shook the New Zealand city at 1.58 pm nearby time. At now, Christchurch Airport has re-opened however lots of flights are apparently postponed and cancelled
Pictures of Powerful Earthquakes in Christchurch
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Pictures of Powerful Earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand (December 2011)
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