As to the 7.1 earthquake in Canterbury, New Zealand, 4th September 2010 and later 4000 plus earthquake continues in February 2011 was not enough to test the grit of our country decided to throw Cantabrians second curve ball, but one that is plagued with far more devastating consequences.
We were incredibly lucky in September, an earthquake there is no loss of life and only a few serious injuries. Although several buildings were destroyed, the damage that a large number are not considered so severe that it can not vratiti.Nekoliko suburbs were severely affected by what is known as liquefaction, the phenomenon where the soil or sandy soil loses its strength and acts as a liquid, injectable the gray muddy mix that sets a concrete again when suši.Rezultati the loss of basic services such as sewer, water and energy, but life and the illusion of normality improved rapidly, these services have been restored to the city and the restoration work was in progress.
at 12:51 on 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand was again shaken by the fierce earthquake, this time with a size of 6.3. While registering less on the Richter scale compared with the fourth September quake was far more difficult to attack and destruction, taking out a few blocks from the shops and tall buildings in the central business district. Falling debris flattening cars and buses as they drove past and were parked on the road or in the car-parking zgrade.Razaranja houses and roads, and spread much further in the suburbs than in previous earthquakes, which is why 80% of the city will be without electricity, water and sewage.
the most heart-rending of all, in this case, horrifying, is a tragic loss of life of those killed at 113 and still growing plus at least two hundred missing at the time of this writing.
So why is this latest earthquake was more devastating than the September one?
Here are some variations:
Quake in September
February Quake
Thus, although the earthquake in February is a smaller size is much shallower, closer to downtown and hit the top of the working dana.Kretanje and earthquakes, have also been shaking all quite different, different, and putting additional stress on already weakened buildings The first quake. Rebuilding the city is going to take many months, remembering also that many people now have no job to go work because the premises are destroyed.
If we were shocked, and there are deep emotional scars, but we are not completely broken. We survived, we band together in such times, and it will pick up from the mountain rocks and continue on.
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