Christchurch Earthquake: Full Coverage

FULL COVERAGE: http://tvnz.co.nz/news - Christchurch are residents exiting the city after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit at 12:51pm on Tuesday 22 February. Source ONE News TVNZ.

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[pur3blackang3l]

I am so sick of people saying this was "Gods wrath". This was caused by plates moving under the ground, as simple as that.

[oLivingDeadGirlo]

@Tennessee44444 piss off! don't listen to this "inbred,poedunk,shit kickin Tennessee turd"! Not all American's are ignorant like this dumb ass! Karma can be a bitch dude! I have family & friend's in christchurch and throughout NZ ♥America loves you Christchurch♥

[xxLULU06xx]

crazyyy

[Anilezle]

Goran1931...you are a sicko!!!!

[12345thomaswilson]

im in christchurch, and its not fun

[ginjaninja1988]

@Truthrevealed21 industry. To be honest I think that the uncertain future of Christchurch will further reinforce the biased growth in the North Island around areas like Auckland (Commerical centre of NZ and largest city), Hamilton and Tauranga. But even in those centres there are risks...etc..around 52 known volcanoes in central Auckland. Many are extinct but some are dormant and volcanic field is still active. So we always plan for the worst and hope for the best.

[ginjaninja1988]

@Truthrevealed21 happened in a thousands years. So I assume that new plans will put in place by civil defence in cooperation with government, local government, police, emergency services, medical care and military input. To be honest I can't see Christchurch ever recovering and I would not be suprised if its growth tapered off to other areas and centres. Christchurch it is one of our larger centres but it really only a farming support centre being at the heart of our dairy

[ginjaninja1988]

@Truthrevealed21 4 million people so central government is usually the only organisation with the authority and funds to deal with such disasters. As for Christchurch the city has not really ever had any large quakes until recently and before Christchurch our last killer quake was in Napier in 1931. However the situation in Christchurch has now changed and quakes are quite common as new faults have openned. Geologists are not sure what to expect as this apparently hasn't

[ginjaninja1988]

@Truthrevealed21 NZ has a lot of earthquakes; we sit on the rim of the Pacific plate. We also have a lot of volcanic activity. Therefore there are always plans in effect ready to go in case of a disaster. While city councils like in Christchurch may have their own sub-plans it is central government in Wellington that takes control and makes the descisions. The local bodies would cooperate with government and are pretty much in a subordinate role. NZ is a small nation with only

[Truthrevealed21]

@ccppaaggyyyyyy

I have to agree with you. This has nothing to do with God or religion. But I think people bring this stuff up because they don't know anything about Geology or Science. They want to equate everything to God and punishment.

[Truthrevealed21]

@ginjaninja1988

One question I have is, do the people of Christchurch have a disaster plan in place? It seems like an awful lot of earthquakes happen in that region. It also seems that everytime Japan has an earthquake, Christchurch has one a day later and they are pretty big. Also, being that the earthquakes are happening just off shore, are there ever any Tsunami warnings?

[Truthrevealed21]

@pur3blackang3l

Exactly. Earthquakes happen everyday and all of the time all over the world. Most don't register above a 3.0 but they are happening. This doesn't have anything to do with God and the people that say this, don't know a thing about Geology.