Massive earthquake. Christchurch.

[Shane Hanify]

Gidday folks,

 

just recently had a big shake here. 7.4, 33km west of chch hearing reports 10 - 30km deep.

 

Power outages across ChCh, some damage to roads and buildings, big aftershocks still happening. Central city shut down by police. No Tsunami warning.

 

Hi fi related : Spat my standmounts off the stands, tossed the CD player off the top shelf. Both suffered minor damage but still going ok.

 

Hope everyone is ok.

 

GENERAL SAFETY WARNING just broadcast ; Stay off cellphones and streets unless absolutely needed.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[AgrAde]

Plasma smashed and my floorstanders ruined. Rear speaker fell into and damaged couch. My housemate's floorstanders also ruined. In all, not a good experience.

[Shane Hanify]

That is not cool Agrade. Good to hear you're ok though. Got off incredibly lightly here by all accounts.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[eRaS1553552749]

Wow

Hope everyone is okay.

[Shane Hanify]

Thank you eRas,

 

no reports of any injury or loss of life yet. Another small aftershock hit just as I wrote this.

 

stuff

 

tvnz

 

Cheers, Shane.

[Stuzzo1553552685]

You CHCH guys are doing well to post with the reported power outages. Are you on landline or mobile?

[AgrAde]

Posting from iPhone. But we have power and water here in Brookhaven.

[Shane Hanify]

Woosh wireless here. Power and water still up.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[Shane Hanify]

Scratch that. Power up, water down.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[Papa Hemi]

Shakey! Shakey!

Hope all Chch denizens are well, equipment can be replaced, people can't. Take care.

[Shane Hanify]

Yup Jim,

 

had a few reports of gear on floor / damaged. No people damaged though which is awesome.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[Omegaspeedy]

Yikes!! was there last night, very cold and snow down on the foot hills west of the Cant' plains, We commented on how pretty it looked.

 

I hope everyone is ok.

 

James.

[Shane Hanify]

Gidday James,

 

reports of a few hospitalised but nothing critical.

 

Cheers, Shane.

[ajst2duk]

Good excuse to buy some more gear - listening to CHCH radio here in Sydney, thanks to squeezebox. Sounds like its a miracle not more people hurt

[Marantz]

Jeez that must have been very nerve racking, I remember feeling quakes all the time when I lived in Japan but never a 7.2 magnitude one.

 

Glad you guys are alright, gear is replaceable as opposed to lives. Take care!

[Guest Guest]

Hi Guys, Yes saw on the net the Quake--hang in there you ChCh'ers

 

I'm a Lower Hutt boyo so know all about rattlers!

 

Good luck,

 

Des

[little blue penguin]

We lost 2 boats:eek:

 

Admittedly they were ornaments which fell off the piano:o

 

This is the first earthquake where things have fallen down.

 

Quite a few alarm systems were activated too.

[a poindexter]

good to hear everyone is ok. my folks live in oxford , dad says it was so strong he couldn't get out of bed . luckly he has just earthquake proofed all his dvd ,cd shelves etc.

my theroy is that someone in darfield has just bought an svs sub:D

[Brian Ono]

Everyone seems to have been very lucky.Open plan anyone?

 

Attached files

[NeilNZ]

Faaaaark!!! Hope everyone's alive and well!

[Shane Hanify]

Yeah we're all good. Bit harder than you Nth Islanders

 

Cheers, Shane.

[Guest]

No one had died from the earthquake, to put it into perspective. "Stuff" can easily be replaced.

 

In my home all my Cds are scattered over the floor of the Music Room. One of my Epos ES14 speakers was upended, but the voice coils don't seem to be rubbing, so they'll be okay. Some review equipment almost "walked" off the top of the equipment rack.

[got tinnitus]

Power just back on for me.

 

All OK at Chez Lewis. Only hifi related damage was to my daughters JBL Control 1 which fell on the floor and munted the grill.

 

Thank god I don't use spikes on my speakers; fixed to heavy metal plates instead. Otherwise I reckon they would have tipped over.

 

Seriously heavy shake though; 8 footy players couldn't have shaken my bed any harder than that quake did.

 

New townhouses next door to us, the entire footing and buildings moved 3inches to the south. Amazing energy...

 

I live in Merivale so a lot of 70 to 100 year old houses; most have lost their chimneys.

 

I had to laugh; not long after the shake, National Radio played Beach Boys Good Vibrations. About half way through they faded it out with a comment about the tune not being appropriate :-)

[little blue penguin]

 

Michael Jones;132248 wrote:

In my home all my Cds are scattered over the floor of the Music Room. One of my Epos ES14 speakers was upended, but the voice coils don't seem to be rubbing, so they'll be okay. Some review equipment almost "walked" off the top of the equipment rack.

 

That must have been a frightening experience in your penthouse suite high atop the AudioEnz Tower.

 

Great to hear that you survived relatively unscathed.

 

These types of events bring it home to us how precarious our lives are and how easily everything can be taken away.

 

Some disturbing pictures of damage to property online and great dissappointment to hear of looting going on in the CBD.

 

Let's hope everyones lives and livelihoods can get put back on track quickly.

[got tinnitus]

The original Lone Star restaurant in Manchester St; flattened.