Eerie CCTV footage of the Christchurch Earthquake Sep 2010

[voltttnr]

yep,me and my family have lived threw all chch earthquakes/aftershocks like this and its not fun

[macjaykiwi]

anyone know what/where the little supermarket in the clip is? Is it woolston or something? I am thinking of linking them if they have asite etc

[ParanoiaDestroyah]

Earthquakes should fuck off, they ruined my home.

[Rikusde]

who would have thought we would get 2 more major earthquakes :(

[UnbeatableJumperSAL]

SCARYEST 2 MINS OF MY WHOLE LIFE!!!!

[guitarpro619]

omg

[GodsvsDevils]

Paranormal Activities 3 trailer..............coming soon in June 2011 (Promised more realistic than ever)

[vintagelifelover]

seems like todays was stronger. it knocked ice off a glacier 146 miles away. I think 30 trillion tons of ice. weird. please if anyone thinks it was stronger reply. It seems to us here in the us like the media is lying about the magnitude. May god bless you alll

[dood70]

@vintagelifelover

The magnitude of the quake was not as large as September's but it was much shallower ie much closer to the surface therefore more of the energy of the quake makes it to the surface and it can be far more vigorous and violent. I'm no seismologist, but that's my understanding of the situation.

[lakota123max]

@vintagelifelover i think we had a very small tremor here in canada that day...but nobody believed me...my prayers go out to u all out there!!

[TheProjectvn]

@vintagelifelover hey i live in Sydenham Chch, thats only 5-7minutes away from CBD and i live with my own family and partner with my two little girls under 2yrs old, my oldest (2) is terrified at every little shake,but yes the 6.3 quake was definatly way stronger,more violent,more destructive,its brought a massive loss to Chch and families through-out,i myself have a 2 story home and refuse to sleep upstairs,we all sleep in the lounge room now

[MrSystematica]

so much chocolate on the floor

[steneve]

theres been another one today it was a 6.3 so scary

[dragonpup1]

it wasnt really that bad, the media is like making it sound worse than it actually is

[lesorciercalifornien]

Fridge: Yeah! Now's my chance! FREEEDOM!!! (reaches end of cord) aw, shit.

[GleeFan26]

I know it has been a couple of months, but my heart still goes out to the victims of the earthquake!

[kokafones]

That fridge wasn't earthquake safe was it?

[meqanisamazinqx]

1:38 = NOOO, NOT THE BEER

[ashbegurl1997]

fuck dnt want to go through another 1

[jamesjiao]

@ashbegurl1997 I guess you just did.

[iamateddybear123]

it sucks that the camera is moving aswell what we need is a camera suspended in air (i don't know how) so that you can watch what it was really like

[iamateddybear123]

i fainted during the big one

(am soo proud)

[taylahx0x]

@iamateddybear123 I FAINTED TOO ! ON MY FRIENDS BATHROOM FLOOR HAHA.

[escudo218]

@taylahx0x I hit the door on my way down so when i woke up the first hing i said was :was there really an earthquake then (slightly Bewilderd) my head hurts

Heh heh heh

[kalunangi]

thank god we are all safe that day i seriouslt thought i was going to die

[OfficialAllyGator]

i fell down the stairs D:

[Rebecky418]

OMG! myt room wass like totally trashed, and i was like, sceared shitless! so i moved to Australia with the Kangaroos

[MiZSupernatural23]

when i woke up and the whole room was shaking i actually thought it was a poltergeist (being the crazy that i am lol) .. till i looked out the window anyway

[brayden0601]

Why do all the Noel Leemings store lights turn on as soon as the earthquake starts?

[2MinnieMouse]

@brayden0601 They might be security lights which go on when they sense movement. They are commonly used. And as we know, pretty much every alarm that existed went off after the quake. A little movement was definately sensed!!!

[brayden0601]

@2MinnieMouse No they where Definitely the main lights, you can see the reflection of them on the floor all turning on. Dont get me wrong i know there was a huge quake, i even felt it here in new plymouth, but as i have seen in a few of christchurch earthquake vids all the stores lights seem to turn on just before the power goes out......HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN!????

[TheRaGiTe]

@brayden0601 It happens because all the lights on the ceiling the main lights can be sensored. That means that when someone walks in, the lights go on or in this case movement. I had them in school. If you sat still too long you would wave your arms and the lights would go on again. This seems to be what happens here so it seems like the lights are sensored for security. (so if a burgler breaks in the lights all go on). Then the power goes out and they obviously flicker.

[TheRaGiTe]

@brayden0601 by the way I'm the same person as minnimouse just a different channel name lol

[bazilisginger]

i had money on that fridge, that he was gonna make it to the other side, cunt let me down :(

[stopbeingnasty]

@bazilisginger  hahahahahaha

[wiredon111]

@produkNZ yes the cameras ARE hard mounted onto the walls at the Noel Leeming centre.

[wiredon111]

producNZ yes the cameras ARE hard mounted onto the walls.

[smithcd]

scariest moment if my life. never going to forget waking up to that morning. thank f*ck noone died

[udoPey]

@smithcd People did die.

[BuffaloBill23]

@udoPey Not in this one they didn't.

[smithcd]

@udoPey no they didn't. they did today though. RIP to those lost

[flyen84]

@smithcd

;-( but they did yesterday unfortunately ... i'm so sorry cantabrian, i hope you guys are ok today xo

[Crystalius11]

@smithcd Sadly, the new earthquake (6.1 Aftershock yesterday) Caused many people to die and many buildings to collapse. I was in CHCH at the time of the earthquake and to be honest, that was the most terrifying thing ever. Oh god... 200-400 deaths...

[smithcd]

@Crystalius11 your preaching to the choir mate, i live 3kms from the cbd! my parents workplace was moved to the 4th floor of the ctv building after the boxing day quake... Christchurch is never going to be the same..

[11broni11]

@smithcd thank god your are fine now and every body else who thumps up on the comment......

[2MinnieMouse]

still felt worse than that looks to me

[2MinnieMouse]

love how the toilet paper is still standing up

[produKtNZ]

I was at work at the time :(

It was completel;y freaky the way the building felt as if it were communicating with you, i could feel the top of the 12 storey building swaying wildly =\

It sucked

[produKtNZ]

About the noel leemings footage. The camera wasn't hardmounted was it?

[reaperette]

What's the name of this NIN soundtrack?

NIN FOREVER!

[LDNLeon]

@reaperette the song is called 12 Ghosts ii

[DevilHonzo]

It was pretty brutal. :/ That'll teach us !!!

[reaperette]

Thank God it happened in the wee hours of the AM... I was planning on going out to the mall that day. Imagine what could have happened if it struck in the evening instead?

[Setmefree22]

@reaperette yeah so lucky, I was planning on going to the uni library that day :/

[macjaykiwi]

@Setmefree22 yeah James hight would be a bit freaky during the quake. To go there at that time you would have to be going afterhours to the loft eh

[Setmefree22]

@Setmefree22 The next day I mean't!

[reaperette]

After the power went out, all we could think of was "dammit, i want a cuppa." even the neighbour on the back unit said that lol! i bought a gas burner after that, but when i got home, power was back on. thank god.

[VDJF1]

probley the woodstock fridge =D

[macjaykiwi]

yeah, all of the CCTV footage is from the main quake

[mrhaymack]

Noooo.... save the beer!!!!

[reaperette]

RIght, just saw the info at the end. I was in bed when it happened, was scared shitless. Didn't comprehend the severity of the situation after it happened but after hearing the news, I was more than freaked out. Then the aftershakes keep coming, Aaah!

[reaperette]

was this the 7.1 on Saturday??