UPDATE 11:134 UTC : Power is out in some suburbs including Ilam, Avonhead and Burnside.
Police and the Fire Service reported no initial damage.
UPDATE 11:09 UTC : On top of all the earthquake and aftershocks misery experienced in Christchurch, airline traffic between Australia and New Zealand would suffer from the Chilean volcano ash today.
UPDATE 11:06 UTC : The following intensity Felt reports as received by Geonet at the time of this update
MM8 Heavily damaging : Middleton [1]
MM7 Damaging : Broomfield [1], Halswell [2], Hei Hei [1], Riccarton [1]
MM6 Slightly damaging : Avonhead [1], Belfast [1], Bexley [1], Bishopdale [2], Broomfield [1], Burnham [1], Casebrook [1], Cashmere [2], Christchurch [5], Dallington [1], Geraldine [1], Halswell [6], Hei Hei [1], Hillmorton [1], Hoon Hay [1], Hornby [2], Ilam [1], Kaiapoi [1], Lincoln [1], Mairehau [1], Middleton [1], Oaklands [1], Opawa [1], Riccarton [1], Saint Albans [3], Spreydon [1], Sydenham [1], Templeton [1], Upper Riccarton [2], Wigram [1]
UPDATE 11:04 UTC : Felt widely throughout the Canterbury region. Power was knocked out in some parts of the city.
This evening (local time) people from Christchurch and surroundings have been alerted again by an irritating aftershock. The epicenter of this aftershock was following Geonet 30 km outside the city center. |