More bad news for quake ridden Christchurch...Increased risk of ANOTHER large quake, New Fault line

Omg.. how much are these poor people expected to cope with... Now the NZ Seismologists are saying that they expect Christchurch to be hit with another quake at least the same size as this 6.3 that hit yesterday.

"LATEST: A new fault, south of the Port Hills fault, is now believed responsible for yesterday's major aftershocks in Christchurch.

GNS Science seismologists said the newly-confirmed fault had already generated a number of quakes since the deadly February 22 event.

Dr Bill Fry said the dominant energy in yesterday's magnitude 5.7 and 6.3 aftershocks had been horizontal, compared with the vertical action in February's 6.3 quake.

This meant they were felt differently.

Unfortunately for Cantabrians, rather than reduce the statistical probability of another big quake, yesterday's violent shakes will, for a time, increase the risk of another large aftershock of similar magnitude."

[link to www.stuff.co.nz]

Last Edited by Una on 06/14/2011 02:25 AM