Christchurch earthquake 2011

The world is changing. In many ways. By human causes or by natural. My thoughts go these days to New Zealand and Christchurch because of the damaging 6.3 earthquake that occurred at 12.51 on Tuesday the 22nd of February 2011, 10 km south of the city center. This earthquake is said to be an aftershock from the 4th of September earthquake of magnitude 7.1 with the epicenter 40 km southwest of Christchurch. The Pacific and the Australian Tectonic Plates interact just under the islands of New Zealand. No specific tectonic structure linked the two earthquakes, but they are said to be linked by regional tectonic plate boundary deformation. A 30 million ton ice block broke off from the Tasman Glacier, which was expected, not by a huge earthquake, but by rainfalls from the La niña.

Beautiful Canterbury.