Damage at the Beckenham shops still visible
Today is exactly 2 months since the M7.1 earthquake hit Christchurch and since then there have been hundreds (if not 1000s?) of aftershocks, some strong enough to cause further structural damage and further fray the nerves of the already jittery population. Last night we were woken by a couple of rumblings (midnight and 7am), both about M4.1/M4.2 centred very close to the city (10km) and very shallow (1km). Earlier in the week a M4.5 rumbled through the whole house - it's timber/timber-framed so things tend to shake, rattle and roll a bit more than we're used to. The Hay kids are very nonchalant about these small earthquakes, despite witnessing the Big One in their own home. And Edie, used to the occasional house-wobbler in Yunnan, commented on Monday, "That was a funny earthquake Mum".
The guilty fault line is just west of Christchurch
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