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Sep06
The day the south was rocked
I am immensely relieved that no-one was killed in the recent earthquake in Canterbury.
With a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale, the quake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am local time on the 4th of September and is believed to be the worst earthquake to hit Godzone since 1931.
Friends of mine who live in an apartment block in the CBD of Christchurch provided a harrowing account of the experience:-
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Tagged: 71 magnitude, buildings, canterbury, christchurch, damage, earthquake, new zealand, richter
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