Just felt small earthquake in Upper Hutt (1 March)

[pete376403]

Hope like hell that this doesn't mean Christchurch has had another big 'un.

[far queue]

Hope like hell that this doesn't mean Christchurch has had another big 'un.Nope, nothin' here.

[Quasi]

yeah - got me out of bed in a big hurry:crybaby:

[MIXONE]

Shook the house here too.My we are a nervy lot at the moment eh.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Very minor here..and our apartment wobbles REAL bad if it's a semi decent size. The original Ch-Ch one woke me up REAL fast...it shook the fuck out of this place.

Hope it wasn't centered down there all the same. Poor Peeps have had way more than their share for the next few hundred years.

[riffer]

Nope. Missed that one. But I am on the other side of the road from you Pete. Those 100 metres makes all the difference.

[blackdog]

was a fairly decent rocker here in stokes

[Crasherfromwayback]

Nope. Missed that one. But I am on the other side of the road from you Pete. Those 100 metres makes all the difference.

100M? Where you hanging out Rastus?

[Laxi]

Tiny little shake, normaly wouldn't think twice about it, but after this week, scared the hell out of me

[riffer]

100M? Where you hanging out Rastus?


100 metres down the road from pete376403. Not in Welly city mate.

[pete376403]

100 metres down the road from pete376403. Not in Welly city mate.

But on the other side of the tracks - makes all the difference

[bogan]

Hope like hell that this doesn't mean Christchurch has had another big 'un.

felt it up here in palmy too, very minor, but my thoughts went straight to chch, fuck I hope it was centered somewhere up here.

[riffer]

But on the other side of the tracks - makes all the difference


Solid ground mate. Our house has been here since 1905. It ain't going anywhere.

[mashman]

felt it in Porirua... 4.5, depth 40km, 20km North-West of Wellington according to Geonet... right under my ass...

[far queue]

Mag 4.5, 40km deep, 20km nor west of WN - http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html

[Hitcher]

It was a noisy one here. We get two sorts. This was one that sounds like a truckload of steel cans is coming down the road and rattles everything in the house on its way through. The other sort is the jolty, swaying type that just arrives unannounced. Marvellous.

[nighthawk]

Information about this earthquake:

Reference Number 3472164
[View event in Google Maps]
[View Felt Reports in Google Maps]
Universal Time March 1 2011 at 9:07
NZ Daylight Time Tuesday, March 1 2011 at 10:07 pm
Latitude, Longitude 41.20°S, 174.57°E
Focal Depth 40 km
Richter magnitude 4.5
Region Wellington
Location 20 km north-west of Wellington

[MOTOXXX]

shook the fuck out of my house in eastbourne.

[mashman]

did any of you Chch chaps put yer bike on paddock stands and have it survive... just askin like :rolleyes:

[far queue]

It was a noisy one here. We get two sorts. This was one that sounds like a truckload of steel cans is coming down the road and rattles everything in the house on its way through. The other sort is the jolty, swaying type that just arrives unannounced. Marvellous.We get 2 sorts too ...
1. Another bloody aftershock - fuck off would ya!
2. Fuck Me, the building's coming down!

[far queue]

Christ, the gods are listening, just as my last posted, we got decent after shock! I'll shutup now :shutup:

[AllanB]

Solid ground mate. Our house has been here since 1905. It ain't going anywhere.

Ah, sorry buddy but there were plenty in CHCH and surroundings thinking the same pre September 2010, Boxing Day, Jan 20 & last Tuesday.

Get your emergency packs sorted pronto.

[AllanB]

Christ, the gods are listening, just as my last posted, we got decent after shock! I'll shutup now :shutup:

Yep - a good old wobble out in Halswell, I almost got off my chair!

[riffer]

Weird. I SERIOUSLY didn't feel a thing. I'm in central Upper Hutt City.

[Mom]

Weird. I SERIOUSLY didn't feel a thing. I'm in central Upper Hutt City.

That is because you took a SERIOUS CHILL PILL earlier re the MSL etc :sunny:

[riffer]

That is because you took a SERIOUS CHILL PILL earlier re the MSL etc :sunny:

Please don't hijack this thread with that crap Anne. :(

[SMOKEU]

Come to Christchurch and you'll get used to earthquakes! I don't even notice the small ones any more.

[Mom]

It was a noisy one here. We get two sorts. This was one that sounds like a truckload of steel cans is coming down the road and rattles everything in the house on its way through. The other sort is the jolty, swaying type that just arrives unannounced. Marvellous.

It is amazing how sound becomes associated with things. At work today there was a large *BANG* but it was of a low frequency and outside the building, more of a large, dull thud through your feet/body. My first thought was earthquake! No report of earthquake up here leads me to believe it was a truck dumping a skip in a rather noisey way or something :o

[Flip]

Woke us up, bugger it.

I am going to Wellywood next week I will pack a box of big ones and bring it with me.

[Virago]

Woke us up, bugger it.

I am going to Wellywood next week I will pack a box of big ones and bring it with me.

Na, you just felt the 4.6 in Ch-ch about 20 minutes ago. You've beat Wellywood again...!

[AllanB]

Na, you just felt the 4.6 in Ch-ch about 20 minutes ago. You've beat Wellywood again...!

Yep - nice try but a average effort (sic). Hope that is all Welly gets.


Bloody Earthquakes. I think my concrete piles have converted into rubbber, I shall stick my head under there tomorrow for a look. Just a quick one you understand :rolleyes:

[rwh]

This was one that sounds like a truckload of steel cans is coming down the road

Had a bit of that tonight, but that's because it's a windy recycling night ...

Richard

[Kickaha]

4.5 :sleep: we get worse shakes down here from trucks driving past

I've noticed now our guys don't even really stop working for after shocks now, they hardly rate a mention

[White trash]

4.5 :sleep: we get worse shakes down here from trucks driving past

I've noticed now our guys don't even really stop working for after shocks now, they hardly rate a mention

We were working on the MVX, 3/4 pissed when we got your text. Didn't feel a thing and wondered what the fucke you were talking about.

[oldrider]

Mag 4.5, 40km deep, 20km nor west of WN - http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html

Nothing there about the one shown North of East Cape! What was that all about?

Seems like they are spreading out right along our Eastern coast line, there must be some big Pacific plate movements going on!

Hope the fat lady starts singing soon! :mellow:

[mashman]

Seems like they are spreading out right along our Eastern coast line, there must be some big Pacific plate movements going on!

Hope the fat lady starts singing soon! :mellow:

maybe... (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/) :)

[BuzzardNZ]

shook the fuck out of my place. Used to shrug those ones off, but after all that's going on in ChCh, lastnights Wgtn quake had me under the table :sweatdrop

[oldrider]

Hmmm, combine all the known geological science and Ken Ring's theories of planet alignment effects and we could be in for a bit more excitement yet!

Having more water than the Wellington harbour holds just sitting above our house and held back by a man made earth dam doesn't fill me with confidence when there are strong earth tremors about!

I have always known the odds on that one because studying the effects of such an event was part of my job!

Moving to higher safe ground is possible providing you are able to move at the time but as many Christchurch people found "moving" is not so easy under those conditions!

I don't think Ken Ring is scaring anyone, he is simply voicing an opinion

I can see a threat to our safety but like all the other lemmings I wont do anything about it so will stay where I am and take the risk!

We do need a better warning system in case of dam break though, the whole valley needs that! (IMHO)

[mashman]

Hmmm, combine all the known geological science and Ken Ring's theories of planet alignment effects and we could be in for a bit more excitement yet!

Having more water than the Wellington harbour holds just sitting above our house and held back by a man made earth dam doesn't fill me with confidence when there are strong earth tremors about!

In ways I really hope we don't, but the fact that we're learning next to fuck all from our disasters, really does push me in the opposite direction :yes:

I could think of better places to be :).

[White trash]

Hmmm, combine all the known geological science and Ken Ring's theories of planet alignment effects and we could be in for a bit more excitement yet!

Having more water than the Wellington harbour holds just sitting above our house and held back by a man made earth dam doesn't fill me with confidence when there are strong earth tremors about!

I have always known the odds on that one because studying the effects of such an event was part of my job!

Moving to higher safe ground is possible providing you are able to move at the time but as many Christchurch people found "moving" is not so easy under those conditions!

I don't think Ken Ring is scaring anyone, he is simply voicing an opinion

I can see a threat to our safety but like all the other lemmings I wont do anything about it so will stay where I am and take the risk!

We do need a better warning system in case of dam break though, the whole valley needs that! (IMHO)

Earth dam's are less likely to fall to bits in an earthquake than a concrete dam if I remember correctly. I'd be worried about that fucken Waitaki bastard to be honest, wouldn't be freakinig about the Haka bridge anymore if that critter went......

[FROSTY]

It just shows how ALL of New Zealand is thinking about the Christchurch quakes.
The nightly parade of dump trucks roared past our place last night and shook the house as per normal. it woke us up and we both thought the same thing.

[Clockwork]

Weird. I SERIOUSLY didn't feel a thing. I'm in central Upper Hutt City.


No one in our house in Trentham noticed it either....
Very strange

[marty]

We do need a better warning system in case of dam break though, the whole valley needs that! (IMHO)

When a Lancaster buzzes the house at 100', it's time to GTFO

[davebullet]

Putting out Wellington tremor into perspective.

Chch quake = 6.3
Wgtn quake = 4.5

Christchurch's quake was 63 (yup - that's right) 63 times stronger than Wellington's and released 500 times more energy!!!

You can work out how much more (or less) powerful 2 quakes are via:

Strength multipler = 10^quake A richter / 10^quake B richter
Energy multiplier = 31.6^quake A richter / 31.6^quake B richter

In other words, each order of magnitude greater (eg. a 5 to a 6) is 10 times stronger and releases 31.6 times the energy.

Of course - this is an epicentre measurement. When you consider the Chch quake was only 10k deep and approx 10k to the CBD - it's even worse than the above numbers relative to the population density.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Dunno if you've seen this...but it's pretty scary!

http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/week

[Maha]

Dunno if you've seen this...but it's pretty scary!

http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/week

216 in the last seven days.....not even Rotorua could top that.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Helps put into perspective a lil better what the poor peeps in CH-CH are having to endure.

[Kickaha]

A very large percentage of those wont even be felt though