Canterbury Earthquakes

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Lasted 30+ seconds here which makes me think it was an unruptured area as they take longer than the aftershocks. I knew it was a decent one at a longer distance than normal. You get a feel for them. Intensity here was around a 4magnitude but i was clearly moving in my bed just laying there riding it out.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Did not wake for that one; however, as has happened before previous quakes, I heard/sensed low-pitched rumbling when I woke briefly around 2am and 4am. Don't want to sound ridiculous, but I was expecting something after hearing that.

I know what you mean, my ears were getting a feeling like they were at altitude yesterday afternoon. Weird...

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Good one here. Coupla jolts that lasted about 4 seconds. You could tell that it seemed to be local.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another rumble at a quarter to eight this morning around the same area as the jolt yesterday morning.
Long rumble with hardly any shaking probably why it was a 4.3M.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Razor]

Nothing felt here in Cracroft. Biggst shake outside the 5.1 on thursday here is still the 3.2 under westmorland earlier in the week.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A slight tremour just felt here, first for ages.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another light quiver, felt just after 8am, this morning.

JohnGul
NZThS

[Manukau heads obs]

we had another CHCH earthquake victim stay in the family bach..mother and daughter
a few weeks ago..., for a couple of weeks...for free...
they did not tell us they had a dog...which then had puppies....so they had the heaters going 24 hours a day...the windows were dripping with condensation on the inside...
just under a 400$ power bill has come in....oh well...thats our contribution....

[Razor]

we had another CHCH earthquake victim stay in the family bach..mother and daughter
a few weeks ago..., for a couple of weeks...for free...
they did not tell us they had a dog...which then had puppies....so they had the heaters going 24 hours a day...the windows were dripping with condensation on the inside...
just under a 400$ power bill has come in....oh well...thats our contribution....

Geez thats an outrageous abuse of your kindness and charity. I hope I speak for the rest of us ChCh folk here in expressing my dismay in people who take the goodwill of others over a bridge too far.

[Manukau heads obs]

they did clean the place up before the left, so that was OK
what I think she is doing is taking the advantage of people that did offer accom.
as she had jotted down all the contact numbers before they expired from the original trade me promotion list
and is now going around the country using those, ever since...

[03Stormchaser]

Well there are always those that abuse the system, good on you for allowing people to stay with you Brian. But i do think that anyone now still looking for a free night is just like the example you just posted, free loaders

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Quite a few little earthquakes around the ChCh area over the last few days along the usual faults.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

First felt earthquake for a while felt here today at about 10:40am. Only 3.6M /11kms deep, near Springs Road.
I see there has only been about 5 recorded shakes over the last few days. Looks as though they are easing, at last.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[David]

I see there was a 3.6 quake near Ashburton. http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/qua ... -maps.html

Interesting, isn't this well south of the main Canterbury fault lines?

[Nev]

^ There's been a couple of other reported quakes near Ashburton since the big-one ... a M4.3 two months ago and a M4.1 on Oct 1. Bit more info from the Ashburton Guardian here.

[Storm Struck]

It seems Saturday mornings jolt has kicked all the faults back into gear again, seems abit odd how it was origionally 4.6 then down to 4.2 then down to 4.1 goes over my head some of the stuff that comes through from Geo Net and thier replies.
The other thing thats caught my eye is why are geo net all of a sudden posting small 2's, like 2.2 and 2.4 barly felt quakes when they hardly ever post these smaller quakes its normally quake live that does.
Seems to me they are watching some areas around heightend times.

[tgsnoopy]

I think as the aftershocks are decreasing in intensity and frequency they may have reduced the level required for them to report them.

Or maybe they were shallower and more likely to be felt despite the lower relative magnitude?

Personally I'm glad it's returned to a more normal level of aftershocks, I was getting concerned it had started building up to something again.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Yes, we had a period of where there was no aftershocks, last WE, but it seems that the 'reshocking' from that period has only built up into some 'minor' quakes that only register up to 4 or so, mostly below, on the richter scale.
This is showing the trend of earthquakes here, sort of, dying out.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A bit of a light 'rumble and thump' quake here at 2036hrs. I see it was near Greendale.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[trickytiger]

Just caught that one here in Temuka as well

[libbymarks11]

I dont know if you all follow this guy but he seems to have hit the nail on the head almost every time so far, it is very interesting and a bit nerve racking.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb80na8A ... r_embedded

[Orion]

I dont know if you all follow this guy...

I do from time to time; thanks for the link.

[Manukau heads obs]

its easy to predict earthquakes in areas that are getting regular aftershocks

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

There were a couple of small shakes felt here today but tomorrow there should be a more major one because it is the 31st

JohnGaul
NZThS

[LittleTreeHouse]

There were a couple of small shakes felt here today but tomorrow there should be a more major one because it is the 31st

JohnGaul
NZThS

wow - check you out... you were right lol