[QUOTE]A strong earthquake has rocked the New Zealand city of Christchurch, closing the airport and sending residents rushing from buildings.
The 5.8 quake struck 26km (15 miles) north-east of the city at a depth of 4.7km, the US Geological Survey said.
One person was hurt but there were no immediate reports of large-scale damage.
The quake comes 10 months after swathes of the city centre were destroyed by another quake.
The earthquake hit at 1358 local time (0058 GMT).
Electricity and telecommunications services have been disrupted in some areas.
A shopping centre has also been evacuated and residents were reported to be standing outside buildings.
The airport was closed but an official told local media it was expected to reopen later in the day after checks.
Witnesses told local media shoppers ran from buildings as goods fell off shelves.
Resident Keith Tannock: "It was a violent rocking sensation - trees were waving backwards and forwards"
Police are checking the city for damage and Prime Minister John Key is being updated on developments, his spokesman said.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said the quake had left people shaken.
"I haven't heard any more significant problems at the moment," local media quoted him as saying.
"Inevitably it would have caused damage to structures, we hope it hasn't unsettled any rock falls, and we just have to hope the liquefaction issues don't return."
Liquefaction is the weakening of the soil due to the rising of silt and water sparked by an earthquake.
Local media said there were reports of liquefaction in the suburb of Parklands.
A total of 181 people were killed when the last earthquake struck in February. It caused up to NZ$20bn ($15.5bn, £9.9bn) in economic losses.[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16312041[/url]
oh what, not again
you get a lot of them in NZ, what with it being on a fault line and all
bet ya retard fp atheists start saying shit like "well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD"
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[QUOTE=Parker;33854532]bet ya retard fp atheists start saying shit like "well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD"[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure most of facepunch isn't ignorant enough to make such a ridiculous statement.
God punished Christchurch XD
[QUOTE=Parker;33854532]bet ya retard fp atheists start saying shit like "well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD"[/QUOTE]
Christhurts
Wow I hope no one is too shaken up.
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Fuck why does Christchurch get all these earthquakes all of a sudden
Maybe a new fault line just formed east of Australia.
well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD
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[QUOTE=Parker;33854532]bet ya retard fp atheists start saying shit like "well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD"[/QUOTE]
Seriously?
Why did you even fucking waste your time typing that out?
On another note, Im glad this wasnt as bad as the earlier quake
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5.8? Pfft, wouldn't even get out of bed for that.
[QUOTE=toaster468;33854588]Wow I hope no one is too shaken up.
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I shouldn't of laughed, I feel bad.
Wow, they've had some poor luck with earthquakes there
And only a day before Christmas!
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;33854825]Fuck why does Christchurch get all these earthquakes all of a sudden
Maybe a new fault line just formed east of Australia.[/QUOTE]
Or you know... NZ is on a fault line... a pretty big one too judging by how freaking huge their mountain ranges are. (Think Lord of the Rings.)
[QUOTE=Parker;33854532]bet ya retard fp atheists start saying shit like "well thats what it gets for bein called christchurch xD"
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Oh boy i get the chance to use this a lot..
You're SOOOO funny..
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezu-VweamUM[/MEDIA]
alternate sauce
[url]http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6184519/Swarm-of-quakes-hits-Christchurch[/url]
hopefully it won't be as wrecked as it was last time when the army had to be called out.
Some of my family moved from Christchurch when the last major earthquake destroyed their house on my cousins 21st birthday
Should come to Australia, our country is about as geologically active as Gillard's brain
Imagine how much the "oh god it's happening again" feeling would've sucked.
[QUOTE=Drsalvador;33854936]Oh boy i get the chance to use this a lot..
You're SOOOO funny..
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezu-VweamUM[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
Oh I was expecting bolded caps or a death penalty joke. Disappointed.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;33855514]Imagine how much the "oh god it's happening again" feeling would've sucked.
Oh I was expecting bolded caps or a death penalty joke. Disappointed.[/QUOTE]
Nah. That's old-hat. I'm all about the physical comedy now.
It's good to hear that there wasn't any large scale damage. That would have ruined a lot of people's christmas. :(
I know if I'd been caught in the first one I would've moved out long ago, but I guess some people don't really have a choice.
Oh God, not again.
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;33854825]Fuck why does Christchurch get all these earthquakes all of a sudden
Maybe a new fault line just formed east of Australia.[/QUOTE]
NZ is pretty much smackbang on the fault line. It's a near miracle that earthquakes like these haven't happened more often.
Didn't they rebuild the Church using cardboard after the last earthquake. I wonder how it looks now.
[QUOTE=toaster468;33854588]Wow I hope no one is too shaken up.
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no jokes allowed
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