My daughter lives in Lincoln, just south of Christchurch. Fortunately, the worst that happened to them, in their 4 year old house, was that the speakers fell off the wall.

The aftershock count is up around 2500 when I last looked, many of them between Prebbleton and Lincoln.

It's awful being in UK while she and her partner are undergoing all this. She's due to give birth in February, so I hope it's only the earth that's dishing out shocks!

Best wishes to all affected, we wish you all a nice quiet summer to get over it.