Christchurch earthquakes

**Grumph** · 24th December 2011, 05:46

Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

Sounds like the engine mounts are loose ...had an old hillman minx that used to go like that ....

Stephen

Nah, most of the shaking was the elderly auntie and the wife....
I still maintain that when Tokyo melts down your Enfield will survive - and probably be rideable.

Just had a good one roll through - it's either the greendale fault locally or a big one around ChCh...

**Kickaha** · 24th December 2011, 05:49

Originally Posted by Grumph

Nah, most of the shaking was the elderly auntie and the wife....
I still maintain that when Tokyo melts down your Enfield will survive - and probably be rideable.

Just had a good one roll through - it's either the greendale fault locally or a big one around ChCh...

Chch I'd say, felt it out here

**whowhatwhere** · 24th December 2011, 06:50

Meh, I think we're all used to it now. Not phased any more. Usual routine - shit falls over, leave it there for a day or two otherwise it'll all come down again.

**lakedaemonian** · 24th December 2011, 08:42

Two big knocks here in town yesterday.

The only disappointing thing is that people were getting pretty settled....nothing noticeably felt since about late September/ early October(bar a tiny one last weekend).

I just fall back on the law of the conservation of energy: It can neither be created, nor destroyed.

So each of these mag 6 quakes, means I don't have to deal with ten 5's, a hundred 4's, or a thousand 3's.

While energy released from one quake can partially "load" one or more other local faults the total amount of energy left in the earthquake energy "tank" will be running down substantially with each quake.

Although if there's a perpetual motion machine that works under Canterbury, then I reckon we've got a bigger problem.

**Oakie** · 24th December 2011, 11:44

Originally Posted by Freespaceage

Just when we were starting to relax and forget about the quakes, we get a nasty reminder. We were in the Riccarton Mall when the 5.8 struck - the whole mall shook like crazy. pieces of ceiling fell down, shops displays fell over and people panicking like crazy. A nasty reminder...........

My 5yr old grandaughter was there at the time. After the screaming stopped she went to check and make sure Santa was OK.

**FJRider** · 24th December 2011, 12:05

Originally Posted by Oakie

My 5yr old grandaughter was there at the time. After the screaming stopped she went to check and make sure Santa was OK.

Even 5 year olds have priorities ...

**dangerous** · 24th December 2011, 15:13

Originally Posted by Grumph

- it's either the greendale fault locally or a big one around ChCh...

beter farking not be, just got a floor down, and there goes the insurance out the door again, not that we have a door yet... anyways not Greendale its the fult they been woundering about off Pegasus.

**Padmei** · 24th December 2011, 16:19

Originally Posted by lakedaemonian

Although if there's a perpetual motion machine that works under Canterbury, then I reckon we've got a bigger problem.

You think

Only 8000 earthquakes & you're thinking there might be something happening down there?

**Grumph** · 24th December 2011, 19:02

Originally Posted by dangerous

beter farking not be, just got a floor down, and there goes the insurance out the door again, not that we have a door yet... anyways not Greendale its the fult they been woundering about off Pegasus.

Yeah, but you just concentrate on getting along with the apes...treat them like your bucket racer mates on "P"....walk carefully around them.

I was half expecting this shower of quakes...the house was finally signed off on Wednesday. Quite a good job in the end even if it took them two goes to get the log burner approved. And 5 months of work.....

**Kickaha** · 24th December 2011, 19:33

Originally Posted by Grumph

Yeah, but you just concentrate on getting along with the apes...treat them like your bucket racer mates on "P"....walk carefully around them..

He'll be quite safe, he's with family

**dangerous** · 2nd January 2012, 05:42

Yeah, thanks Kickaha

Well there will be some not so impressed people after this mornings rumblings...
5.1
4.3
3.5
3.8
5.5
4.1
4.1
not a bad start to the new year

**orangeback** · 2nd January 2012, 06:48

Originally Posted by dangerous

Yeah, thanks Kickaha

Well there will be some not so impressed people after this mornings rumblings...
5.1
4.3
3.5
3.8
5.5
4.1
4.1
not a bad start to the new year

great when you have a 55kg dog get high strung about them and end up on the bed all night. as well as the kid comes trundling down yabbering away. = fack all sleep

using the time to finally secure TV's to wall after loosing 4 now

**Kickaha** · 2nd January 2012, 07:23

The 5.5 did wake me up but I slept through the rest of them

**far queue** · 2nd January 2012, 10:07

I’ve just finished reading a book about a kiwi soldiers experiences during the war, and in it he mentioned a big earthquake in the North Island with lots of aftershocks just like ours, so I had a hunt around and found this article. It sounds remarkably like our ones, particularly the number of aftershocks over a long period and the frequent big ones doing more damage. So I guess what we're putting up with isn't all that abnormal after all, and all will be fine in time.

A Night of Terror - The 1942 Earthquake

**Subike** · 2nd January 2012, 10:22

Originally Posted by far queue

I’ve just finished reading a book about a kiwi soldiers experiences during the war, and in it he mentioned a big earthquake in the North Island with lots of aftershocks just like ours, so I had a hunt around and found this article. It sounds remarkably like our ones, particularly the number of aftershocks over a long period and the frequent big ones doing more damage. So I guess what we're putting up with isn't all that abnormal after all, and all will be fine in time.

A Night of Terror - The 1942 Earthquake

they had one big advantage over us, no friggin insurance companies moaning of loosing their profits