Just popped up on my news feed,

"Magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes off New Zealand's North Island"

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Grant
Darwin NT

I've been offered an insurance policy covering earthquakes damages for 35 euros/month. But the Milan area where I live is not an earthquake zone. Maybe people in Central and Southern Italy would be asked for more.
Tullio

The company insuring my two houses here in Louisville, Kentucky strongly recommends and talked me into earthquake insurance because of the risk posed by the New Madrid Fault.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Just popped up on my news feed,

"Magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes off New Zealand's North Island"

Zealandia rising?

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

That depends how off shore they were, if out enough probably none at all Wiggo.

The 7.8 magnitude New Zealand quake made some of the seabed rise by 2M(6' 2.75") according to The SUN.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Still a lot of aftershocks yet. That one they had a few years ago in Christchurch really did a job also.

Glad we haven't had any that large here, I wasn't here for the 1989 quake but the 6.0 last year was a wake up call.

I've went thru a few, one in 1971 in the San Fernando/Sylmar quake when I was still 10yrs old was felt county wide, it was either a 6.5 or a 6.7. The quake lasted 12 seconds and did a lot of damage, some of that damage was fatal.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rattled El Salvador’s Pacific coast Thursday, but the country’s civil defense agency said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

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They sure get some real sweethearts down in South America.

Yes, that Kaikoura quake was a big one.

Luckily the area is well away from any large town, so casualties where only 2.

But the actual disruption was huge. Areas of land have moved 10M relative to the other side of the fault. I'm 200 miles away, and it seems I've moved a foot South...

Areas of coastline have risen 2+M out of the water.That section of Main state highway is likely out of action for maybe 6 months.

ONE of the 3 roads into the town is now semi open, to one way traffic with an escort. After 2 weeks.

We are doing an epic NZ road trip over Xmas and New Year, and are booked into the Kaikoura camp ground. They are still open, and at least one road will be open by then. Biggest problems the locals have, is they rely 90% on tourists. If folks cancel their holiday, they go broke.

We changed a couple of bookings to allow for the extra travel time.



But it's a good lesson on how people respond to a disastrous situation. Town of 2,000 people with another 1,000 tourists. No one went hungry, hospital was open, etc. A few complaints from a couple of tourists that didn't get on the choppers the first day.

Anyway, I will do an update in Jan...

I've an Uncle that lives in Wellington in a 8 or 10 storey building.
A few things got broken, but the swaying of the building was very disconcerting, and the CDB was closed for the day. A few loading ramps & standing areas around the wharfs were badly damaged.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Wellington actually seemed to take the brunt of the quake. Although there were no casualties a lot of larger buildings suffered structural damage and will need to be demolished as they are now weakened. This has only become obvious in the weeks after the quake as they get inspected properly.

This is actually "by design". The buildings are designed to be able to take quake damage without falling down and killing people. But they can be damaged beyond repair in the process.

Every quake is different in terms of frequencies and acceleration forces. So it's hard to design a building that's safe from ANY quake, as the next one may rock it at exactly it's harmonic frequency and overstress it.

Wellington actually seemed to take the brunt of the quake. Although there were no casualties a lot of larger buildings suffered structural damage and will need to be demolished as they are now weakened. This has only become obvious in the weeks after the quake as they get inspected properly.

This is actually "by design". The buildings are designed to be able to take quake damage without falling down and killing people. But they can be damaged beyond repair in the process.

Every quake is different in terms of frequencies and acceleration forces. So it's hard to design a building that's safe from ANY quake, as the next one may rock it at exactly it's harmonic frequency and overstress it.

Your new buildings are now going up to Japanese code so stress will be significantly decreased across the ditch as they're now built on "Floating Raft" methods. ;-)

Cheers.

One man said "Oh we can make a building to take anything but no one could afford them"
San Francisco put their city hall up on rollers and shocks, it cost a ton of money after the 1989 quake..

My mobile home has an Earthquake resistant foundation system installed under it, the foundation does work, it cost Me $1,500.00 back in late 2006, I've went thru 2 quakes since then, a 4.4 and a 5.0, no damage, umbilicals are leak free too. And My huge power cable(the largest aluminum cable I've ever seen) works as good today as it did in 2006.

My TV is on a stand that has a steel rod in each corner, the stand acts like a ground isolation bearing, I've not had a tv fall off there yet. There is a similar system in Japan that is for aquariums, but so far demand in Japan means NO exports. :(

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I have support straps on most of my things here to the wall. of course it's no sure thing to stop anything moving but it did well with the 6.0 quake.
The blinds knocked everything off the window on the floor is all. The building twisted a bit but no reported damage here.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Some reports indicated the temblor registered as high as 6.8 on the Richter scale.

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Officially settled at 6.5

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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Some reports indicated the temblor registered as high as 6.8 on the Richter scale.

So far- Several deaths, very significant damage reported.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Latest reports- over 100 buildings collapsed.
97 dead, so far.
The local hospital in Pidie Jaya is damaged and those requiring treatment are being sent to Band Aceh, 120km away.

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Grant
Darwin NT