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Thread #131902   Message #2981083
Posted By: Little Robyn
06-Sep-10 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: NZ Major Earthquake Canterbury Sep 2010
Subject: RE: BS: NZ Major Earthquake Canterbury Sep 2010
Before I went to bed I reported the latest biggie (5.2) at 11:24pm.
Well they've had more overnight -
11:38pm, Mag 4.0
11:40pm, 5.4
0:21am, 4.7
0:47am, 3.5
0:51am, 3.9
2:52am, 3.1
3:14am, 3.7
3:24am, 5.4
4:17am, 3.5
5:14am, 3.9

The smaller ones (up to about 4 on the Richter scale) would still be pretty unnerving but they've had three measuring more than mag.5 in the last 6 hours. Scary!
Some of the buildings that seemed OK before have now been damaged by the new quakes.
Some people have been trying to return to work but office workers and shop assistants etc whose work places have been destroyed are now suddenly unemployed. Some on TV are asking "Am I going to be paid?" Probably not.
The Government and insurance companies will cover some of the cost but things won't be back to 'normal' for a very long time.
Robyn