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Christchurch, September 2011
The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 local time (23:51 21 February UTC), The earthquake was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city. It followed nearly six months after the magnitude 7.1 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, which caused significant damage to Christchurch and the central Canterbury region, but no direct fatalities.
The earthquake caused widespread damage across Christchurch, especially in the central city and eastern suburbs, with damage exacerbated by buildings and infrastructure already being weakened by the 4 September 2010 earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was reported to be felt across the South Island and the lower and central North Island.
In total, 181 people were killed in the earthquake, making the earthquake the second-deadliest natural disaster recorded in New Zealand (after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake), and fourth-deadliest disaster of any kind recorded in New Zealand, with nationals from more than 20 countries among the victims. Over half of the deaths occurred in the six-storey Canterbury Television (CTV) Building, which collapsed and caught fire in the quake. The government declared a state of national emergency, which stayed in force until 30 April 2011.
It has been estimated that the total cost of rebuilding to insurers to be around NZ$15–16 billion, making it by far New Zealand's costliest natural disaster, and the third-costliest earthquake (nominally) worldwide.
The earthquake would ultimately be one of three major earthquakes in a year-long earthquake swarm affecting the Christchurch area, and was followed by a large aftershock on 13 June 2011, which caused considerable additional damage.
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.3 ML earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC). It was centred at a depth of 6.0 km (4 mi), about 13 km (8 mi) from Christchurch, which had previously been devastated by the February 2011 magnitude 6.3 ML aftershock of the major 2010 Canterbury earthquake. The June quake was preceded by a magnitude 5.6 ML tremor that struck the region at a slightly deeper 10 km (6.2 mi). It was separately reported by the USGS as a magnitude 6.0 Mw event, focused at about 9 km (5.6 mi) below the surface.
Subsequent severe shaking in the city registered at VIII on the Mercalli scale, destroying some buildings and causing additional damage to many structures affected by previous earthquakes. The damaged tower of the historic Lyttelton Timeball Station collapsed before dismantling work could be completed. The earthquake also downed phone lines and triggered widespread power outages, leaving around 54,000 households without power. Rebuilding costs were estimated to increase by NZ$6 billion (US$4.83 billion) due to additional damage from the quake.
Immediate reports following the quake indicated that at least 10 people were injured and hospitalised; however, the number rose to a total of 46 injuries the next day. One elderly rest home resident lost consciousness when he fell during the quake and died later that night, although the exact cause of death was unclear.
because it allows me to stay in touch with the world and look up info on all my other favourite things. Knowledge at our fingertips - what could be better? I know I spend more time than I should with my favourite toy, but I'd be lost without it. I had to really think about what was my favourite thing because I have a lot of favourites - this one helps me get better at most of them.
Just exploring my inner psychic cosmic nucleus and the universe as a whole.
Or in layman's terms .... Just using images that never made the cut to explore my fling with textures!
Thanks goes to SkeletalMess for textures.
Cracks & Old Paper
Sculptures by Aaron Curry at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The colors almost seemed to radiate on a sunny June day.
Henry (Rufus Collins) a devoted lover of 1960s pop music, enlists wife Charlotte (Meg Gibson) to help him choose records for an appearance on a radio program in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “The Real Thing,” part of the 2005-2006 season. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
I planted all these seeds and now they're growing and I don't know what they are. Help?
The choices are: radish, beets, hollyhock, blackeyed susan.
Thing #1 for "100 things about me" I like wine. This is a yummy local peach wine. (St. Louis, Mo area) So yummy! Its only available for a couple months a year, so i got 3 bottles.
i had this bank when i was a kid.
i found it on ebay about a year ago.
i paid way to much for it, but i'm happy every time i look at it.
Some green thing on the Newport Beach coastline, I'm sure there is a scientific term for this, but I don't know what it is. Someone fill me in.
Bening says it's an anenome
The amazing thing this powerful antioxidant can do for you
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Chia Chen, Digitas; Jon Kaplan, US Sales, Google Inc.; Geoffrey Sands, McKinsey & Company.
Photo By Laura June Kirsch
Reminds me of something from a fantastically surreal book called The Lost Thing (by amazing Aussie author/illustrator Shaun Tan; get it for your kids!).