They're still having aftershocks - around 3 on the Richter scale and between 2 and 6 each day.
But on Boxing day, at 10.30am there was another biggie - 4.9!!! There were 32 quakes in one day! Then a 4.4 just after midnight that night.
Buildings and houses that had survived the first bout have been hit by this lot. Shops open for Boxing Day sales - the biggest day of the year for retailers, had to be closed and streets sealed off again.
Some more pictures here.
My brother Terry has rented out his house in Kaiapoi and moved to Palmerston North!
Very sensible!
Robyn