If you guys hate earthquakes, don't come to New Zealand. They are quite a regular feature of life in New Zealand.
We have had a few really big ones in the last ten years. Christchurch was smashed by a series of really big quakes starting Sept 2010 through to 2012 The February 2011 quake really devastated the region and the whole of the CBD was flattened and there was major loss of lives .There were 10,000 after shocks in two years. There are still big areas in the CBD where buildings haven't been replaced.
In Nov 2016 the Kaikoura (South Island ) 7.8 quake lifted the seabed and foreshore up to 5.8 mts in places. We live 195 kms away on the North Island and I thought a freight train was coming through our house.they are truly terrifying. Ironically ,when earthquakes happen on this scale, I get employed as an insurance assessor to help scope and repair domestic properties. I have been and seen some amazing damage in hundreds of homes.
Paua ( Paa Waa ) / Abalone left high and dry after the Kaikoura Quake
We have had a few really big ones in the last ten years. Christchurch was smashed by a series of really big quakes starting Sept 2010 through to 2012 The February 2011 quake really devastated the region and the whole of the CBD was flattened and there was major loss of lives .There were 10,000 after shocks in two years. There are still big areas in the CBD where buildings haven't been replaced.
In Nov 2016 the Kaikoura (South Island ) 7.8 quake lifted the seabed and foreshore up to 5.8 mts in places. We live 195 kms away on the North Island and I thought a freight train was coming through our house.they are truly terrifying. Ironically ,when earthquakes happen on this scale, I get employed as an insurance assessor to help scope and repair domestic properties. I have been and seen some amazing damage in hundreds of homes.
Paua ( Paa Waa ) / Abalone left high and dry after the Kaikoura Quake