Now reported at "only" 4.8 magnitude (Geonet). It did feel like a 5+ however & carried on for a good 20 seconds or so. 11km deep & centred close to Lytteton (again). Today as been quite "busy" after a couple of quieter days RP On 5 March 2011 06:55, RussellMc wrote: > About 7:42pm here, March 4th. > > Another estimated 5.x aftershock just hit a few minutes ago. > The text message just received from my son indicates it wasn't bad enough= to > take out the phone systems. That's good. > House OK he says. > Ambulance sirens can be heard. > > Something like a war zone but different. > A lot of people have left and many more are planning to. > > Without intending to detract in any way whatsoever from the Christchurch > tragedy, I think it's worth noting that for every person killed in > Christchurch to date in the recent quakes, there were between 400 to 1200 > deaths* in Haiti in their 2010 quake. Once disasters get above a certain > size they get very hard for the mind to grasp unless intimately involved, > and often not even then. > (*Haiti death toll estimate varies very widely. From perhaps under 100,00= 0 > to well over 300,000). > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .