After almost a month of feeling pretty well no aftershocks there was a small one Monday morning in class, everyone stopped for a second and then continue to normal - the normal routine. 3.04 am, early Tuesday morning, I am jolted out of bed by another aftershock this time a 5.3, 14 km deep quake with an epicenter only 9 km or so from where I live. Just after 9 am another small one hits.
I can’t even begin to describe what it feels like .. all I can say is that I can now only begin to understand the feelings of the locals here when the February 22 quake hit. Each time there is a quake you stop, you wonder how long its going last and when it lasts more than a split second you can feel the fear rising as you wonder what is going to happen this time..
Check out this website to see the quakes location, size and time in and around Christchurch http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/
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