An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 broke out in New Zealand today at 4:35 a.m. morning, local time on Saturday 4th September 2010. The USGS posted a magnitude of 7.2 in the Richter magnitude scale. The center of the earthquake was four miles south-southeast from Christchurch, New Zealand, on the nation’s South Island. According to the media there have been reports of power outage and after shocks throughout the city. The city Christchurch New Zealand has a large of population of 372,000.
The immense force of the quake, in New Zealand, tore jagged fissures in the ground and destroyed the facades of buildings, littering the city’s streets with bricks and shards of glass, this was probably the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country.
Markham McMullen, a school principal at Darfield, near the quake’s epicentre, said it felt like a train had hit his house, creating a jolt that threw him and his wife out of bed.
“It just kept coming, it went and on and on,” he said.
“It was absolutely terrifying. We grabbed our daughter, Sophie, from her room and crouched under a doorway. The TV was flying around the room… it was very scary.”
The chaos spread through the city some local twitter users were found twitting about the Christchurch earthquake saying:-
@mojomathers: OMG! That was a freakin big earthquake. Stuff broken. Ongoin aftershocks. Hope everyone ok
@the4avenues: CRAZY earthquake in #Christchurch this morning! That got me out of bed faster than any alarm-clock.
@julierodenberg: 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. It shook the water out of the toilet bowl. Crazy!
Check out all pictures of the New Zealand Earthquake here ==> http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1582292.php/New-Zealand-Earthquake-Pictures
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