> > Severe,
> > Near direct hit in city and shallow. 6.3 followded by 5.6 about 5 minut=
es later.
> >
> > Technical -
> > =A0http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/b0001igm/inde=
x.html
> > Map -=A0http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/b0001igm=
/exposure.png
>
> Pictures http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

I didn't feel it.
I'm in Ningbo, China, almost exactly 6000 kilometres away
http://www.mapcrow.info/cgi-bin/cities_distance_airpt2.cgi?city3=3D-2663963=
,N&city4=3D-2152220,C

Death toll is relatively low - but the 656 official count seems likely
to rise into 100+ bsed on general happening so this sort.

My son is OK as is where he lives. But some of the ground nearby has
"liquefied" - an effect people have got all too used to after the last
quake. It's a sign that there has been severe subterranean activity in
the immediate vicinity.  Where this occurs there is also often lots of
structtutra; danage and condemned houses in the area. Even if the
house you are in is not damaged it shows that you were where it was
at.


 Russell

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