>> Quake and aftershock map up until Monday
>>
>> =A0http://public.fotki.com/RussellMc/events/private/christchurch-earthq/=
nz-herald/capture-06092010-220021.html

>> Usually 5.5 quakes are unremarkable unless you experience one yourself
>> - anything under 6 is not normally promulgated by alerts and has very
>> little chance of hurting anyone. (You could be unlucky but it's highly
>> improbable).

> The thing that worries me is that they are still saying a mag 6 is
> "not unlikely" within the week.

As above, a magnitude 6 is a notable event, and can certainly do
further damage to already weakened structures, but if you are in an
undamaged house and the chimney is properly built (or absent) and the
book cases are properly secured (unlike at the university :-( ) and
nothing super flammable is unwisely exposed to risk, then you would
probably ride it out as an "interesting" experience.

As an untrained layman's comment: The more aftershocks you get the
more likely it will settle down happily long term. It's rubbing all
the sticky bits off the edges. One very big shock and then nothing
much may make you wonder what's happening.


                   Russell

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