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#77787 22-Feb-2011 13:02
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felt it in Dunedin. Wonder where the epicentre was. Who else felt it?

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  #442367 22-Feb-2011 13:03
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Reports in Herald say it was massive and near ChCh, bigger than last years apparently



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  #442368 22-Feb-2011 13:04
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10707996

Not much more information yet.





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  #442370 22-Feb-2011 13:05
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Going by the way my hands are shaking, my money's on here in Chch - not very long, but pretty violent, and the aftershocks are still going (just had another sizeable one as I'm typing).



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  #442372 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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From Twitter:

Preliminary: 6.2 earthquake, Off E. Coast of S. Island, N.Z.

On 2011/02/21 23:51:41 UTC (8m ago, depth 10km). http://j.mp/gTBy4e

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  #442373 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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More of it then, that must be huge

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  #442374 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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felt here on the west coast SI.





 
 
 
 

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  #442375 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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The NZ Herald story is being updated with more information...




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  #442376 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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Yip, definitely felt it here in Dunedin as well.
My heart goes out to Cantabrians.

Another aftershock just now [1306]

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  #442377 22-Feb-2011 13:07
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Felt it down here in dunedin and just had a second one




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  #442378 22-Feb-2011 13:08
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http://geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3468575g.html

Magnitude 6.3, Tuesday, February 22 2011 at 12:51 pm (NZDT), 10 km south-east of Christchurch.





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  #442379 22-Feb-2011 13:09
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Yeah felt here in Dunedin as well, and just felt an after shock.

Was slow and rolling for me here. Not to violent - lasted ~1 min

 
 
 
 

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  #442380 22-Feb-2011 13:10
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The experts did say that there was likely to be a large after shock in the 6's. Hope everyone is okay this time, as it has happened in a busy time of the day.

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  #442383 22-Feb-2011 13:21

Doesn't sound very good at the moment, some reports that buildings are down around the square, including the cathedral.

Hope it's not as bad as reported.

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  #442384 22-Feb-2011 13:23
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Some pictures

http://twitpic.com/42dno2

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  #442385 22-Feb-2011 13:27
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More pictures:

http://twitpic.com/42dm4j

http://twitpic.com/42dsk3

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