Sulphur Smell After Lyttelton Shake, Sulphur Dust On Cars

The Twitter community is starting to pick up on reports of the smell of sulphur in the air after this morning’s quake at Lyttelton. More to come… Update from Voxy.co.nz “A strong smell of sulphur across Christchurch’s eastern suburbs is being noticed following Saturday’s 7.1 earthquake, according to WeatherWatch.co.nz. New Brighton resident David Shone told…

Of Quakes, Sulphur, Steam, Deep Holes & Things That Go Bump

There has been much disquiet of late that the quakes around Christchurch may have a volcanic origin, especially as the second set of quakes feel a lot different to the afterquakes following the Sept quake. We did a hunt around and found evidence that these fears are unfounded. This is just a lose collection of…