[Leica] NZ PAW 30

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Thanks, I feel much safer at home as our house does not notice anything less 
than a 5 whereas the office wobbles with some 4s! Had shallow 5.6, 5.9 and 
6.5 quakes last weekend, but nothing worse....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Fascinating but scary!
> Stay safe.
> Howard (earthquake survivor Tangshan, China 1976 (7.4))
> 
> 
> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 22:09:36 +0000
> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 30
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> 
> A truncated week, I was working from home most of the week while my
> office was checked for safety. There are various cracks (working as 
> designed)
> in it but I have a couple of photos of buildings with superficial 
> damage....
> 
> "More quakes hit the Marlborough/Wellington regions in the past six days
> than in the previous 10 years, GNS Science seismologist Matt Gerstenberger
> told a public meeting in Seddon last night.
> 
> Since Friday last week, 392 magnitude-3 quakes or higher had occurred
> compared with fewer than 300 over the past decade. There was a shake of
> 4.0 during last night's meeting."
> 
> Also parts of Marlborough (top of the South Island) were pushed 5cm east by
> the 6.5 earthquake.
> 
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2013/30
> 
> C & C welcome
> 
> john
>