{"id":382,"date":"2010-09-03T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2010-09-03T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:41:00","slug":"magnitude-7-2-earthquake-near-christchurch-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Near Christchurch, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interesting intersection of my seismological work and my GA work about an hour ago a <a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/recenteqsww\/Quakes\/us2010atbj.php\" target=\"_blank\">7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch<\/a> , New Zealand.&nbsp; There are initial reports of peak ground accelerations above 0.4%g and very strong intensities so significant damage can be expected.&nbsp; While the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/4094979\/Huge-earthquake-rocks-Christchurch\" target=\"_blank\">mainstream media<\/a>  is trying to get information on this the twitterverse is indicating sections of the city with major damage.&nbsp; Confirmation will await 1) the light of day and 2) the ability to get news out of the epicentral region.<\/p>\n<p>I mention the intersection with Presbyterianism because the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.org.nz\/ga10\" target=\"_blank\">2010 General Assembly<\/a>  of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand<\/a>  is scheduled to convene in Christchurch on the 30th of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Prayers for all affected and we will have to wait and see how this will impact the GA.<\/p>\n<p>Technical note:&nbsp; The South Island of New Zealand has a geologic and tectonic setting similar to California with a plate-bounding strike-slip fault running through it.&nbsp; While this was not on the Alpine fault, having an earthquake like this on a near-by fault is not a geologic surprise.&nbsp; Again, we are working with the scientific information we have and it will take a while to fully characterize this event.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/preshist.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/06\/message-from-knox-church-christchurch\/\">Presbyterian Research passes along<\/a>  a description and message from a pastor in the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interesting intersection of my seismological work and my GA work about an hour ago a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch , New Zealand.&nbsp; 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