And still the aftershocks go on! Buildings that were repairable no longer are, the State of Emergency has been extended for a week, safety inspectors are having to cover the ground again and again. The latest bigger aftershock was nearer and shallower. Governmant estimates of cost has doubled to $4billion for repairs alone.

The human cost is still nil in terms of lives directly lost, but livlihoods lost are still to be reckoned.
They estimate that there hasn't been an earthquake in the ChCh area for 15,000 years.