Auckland Earthquake

A shallow earthquake, centred east of Mission Bay,  rocked Auckland at 9:09 this evening and was widely felt around the city. It was reported as a Moment Magnitude 8 (heavily damaging) at Ponsonby, there were 25 reports of MM5 and 2123 reports of MM4. Learn more about the MM scale here. Geonet reported the quake…

Fresh Christchurch Earthquake Video

New footage from the 13 June earthquake in Christchurch has been posted on You Tube. Hardware shops can become dangerous places in a quake You may want to turn down the sound on this one: , And a more lighthearted, Kiwi take on the quake: . Finally, this video – made out of sense of…

13 June Earthquake Upgraded To 6.3, Exodus Okayed

Stuff are reporting today that GNS has upgraded yesterday’s magnitude 6.0 earthquake to 6.3 and revised the depth to a more shallow 6 km. Mayor Bob Parker told reporters that he wasn’t worried about a post-quake exodus from the city, he said that if people needed to leave, that would be the right decision for…

13 June Christchurch Earthquakes

Video and photographs of today’s multiple earthquakes near Christchurch, New Zealand. We expect a state of emergency to be declared in the city soon: Big flood in Avondale . Liquefaction RAW footage 5 . Liquefaction RAW footage 1 . Flooding in Sharlick street & Avondale road . Liquefaction and damage . Woolley Street River .…

Another Large Quake Rocks Christchurch, Updated – Magnitude 6.3

Following on from the the 5.5 quake at 1pm today another large quake has just rocked Christchurch. BREAKING NEWS: Another very powerful earthquake has just struck Christchurch, following a powerful magnitude 5.5 quake which rocked the city this afternoon. GNS Science spokesman Kevin Fenaughty said the latest aftershock was “over six” in magnitude. ..”More on…