Liquifaction and Constant Aftershocks. At least 65 Dead. Toll could Double.
Posted by JAC on 2/22/2011, 5:15 am









1.23pm: Christchurch

NBR reporter Chris Hutching reports from the central  "The roads are running with water. It's like rivers everywhere. Fill of grey liquifaction silt.  The shakes are happening every minutes. There are constant aftershocks.""When the first earthquake happened there was a bit of liquifaction on my front lawn. When I came home today water had erupted in seven places. It was gushing out of my front lawn like a river. My front lawn is covered in two feet of grey liquifaction silt. "My chimney survived the first quake. It's buggered now. Most of it's gone." "All the power's off." People are being evacuated from the city centre, Mr Hutching said. Cracks have appeared in the ground a foot wide and eight feet deep. "People are distressed. People are running everywhere. Some of them are weeping. This is like something you could never imagine". "The main access roads are still all full of water. "Cars are driving through like it's a flood area. All of this water has been pushed out of the ground. It's just incredible."

-NBR



http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/big-earthquake-hits-south-island-mn-86648
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