exponential kiwi

A space to share news and views from this cold, dark rainy island, the South Island of New Zealand. My name is Kim Newth - a freelance journalist, who is almost making a living out of it. Thanks for stopping by.

Jun 13

Still the quakes continue ….

Unbelievable but true … we had a 5.5 magnitude quake at 1pm and another 6 around 2.20pm. Plus several 4’s too. In Rangiora, it has been pretty bad - plenty of rolling, enough to have me running for the nearest doorframe. As with the past quakes in this region, Christchurch has been the hardest hit with new liquifaction in the eastern suburbs, fresh damage in the CBD, quite bad rock falls around the Port Hills/Scarborough/Sumner.

Every attempt to recover seems to be met with a counter-attack from Mother Nature. It is so demoralising!!

We need a break from this, but sadly, no-one has any confidence that this latest day of shaking marks the last of it.

I doubt there will be many people sleeping in the Canterbury region tonight….