After
having been here for about 2 months now I’ve experienced over 10
earthquakes. Actually more than that,
but I’m only counting the ones I notice.
New Zealand is coincidentally directly on top of the Alpine fault (between
the Pacific and Australian plates). So
basically it’s perfectly suited for earthquakes. We even have a website dedicated to
Christchurch earthquakes that gives us the magnitude and depth of each quake
minutes after it happens. Just the other
day we had one of the biggest since I’ve been here, a 5.2, which apparently isn’t
a big deal. This didn’t stop my eyes
from going all deer in the headlights and thinking I should get ready to
evacuate. It’s pretty scary, but
apparently something I’ll get used to.
We had one during a meeting the other week and everyone just sort of
paused for a minute then kept going as if nothing had happened.
Other
than earthquakes Christchurch is pretty cool.
It’s a very spread out city, so it’s a bit of a pain to get around, but everything
you need is close enough and the people are great. My favorite thing about the city is the free
concerts. Just about every weekend there’s
a bar with a free band. The downside is
beer is ridiculously expensive here so you end up spending the same amount
anyway.
Sorry, I
don’t have any quake related pictures, so here’s a picture of a kitten giving a
fist bump:
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