Friday, September 15, 2006
Earthquake!
I've aparently been through 5 or 6 small earthquakes in New Zealand since I've been here, but I've always been asleep so I haven't noticed. I sure felt this last one! Its happened at 11:43 pm NZ time and was a magnitude 5 earthquake from 50 km depth.
It was actually a little freaky, it felt like someone was shaking one of the legs of the bed for a few seconds. It took me a second to realize it was an earthquake, and not a practial joke (it woke me up, so I was a little 'out of it').
Magnitude 5 is pretty small, especailly when its 40 km away. I can see how a much stronger earthquake would cause a lot of damage. Here is a cool page on the earthquake I felt, and NZ earthquakes in general (geonet is a huge GNS project): GeoNet. Here is a plot of the seismic 'drum', the red part being the quake:
It was actually a little freaky, it felt like someone was shaking one of the legs of the bed for a few seconds. It took me a second to realize it was an earthquake, and not a practial joke (it woke me up, so I was a little 'out of it').
Magnitude 5 is pretty small, especailly when its 40 km away. I can see how a much stronger earthquake would cause a lot of damage. Here is a cool page on the earthquake I felt, and NZ earthquakes in general (geonet is a huge GNS project): GeoNet. Here is a plot of the seismic 'drum', the red part being the quake:
# posted by Chris LeBlanc @ 4:19 PM 
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I can't tell if you're kidding or not. Its hard to write about the bed shaking without a bit of innuendo ;)
The earthquake only lasted a few seconds, and was pretty small. Thats still the first earthquake I've ever felt, so that was pretty cool. Some of the local Kiwis were saying "What? Thats the first earthquake you've ever felt?!", like its an everyday thing. I guess it all depends on what you're used to.
Oh, I found a good way to strap the camera onto my helmet. I'm gonna try to get some sweet movie footage of the 'ridgeline' trail in Makara park and stick it on here!
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The earthquake only lasted a few seconds, and was pretty small. Thats still the first earthquake I've ever felt, so that was pretty cool. Some of the local Kiwis were saying "What? Thats the first earthquake you've ever felt?!", like its an everyday thing. I guess it all depends on what you're used to.
Oh, I found a good way to strap the camera onto my helmet. I'm gonna try to get some sweet movie footage of the 'ridgeline' trail in Makara park and stick it on here!
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