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> A bunch of 7.X earthquakes in the ocean are not going to be hugely destructive. New Zealand’s 5th most deadly disaster was Christchurch’s 6.2 which killed 18
by lostlogin 11mo ago
> A bunch of 7.X earthquakes in the ocean are not going to be hugely destructive.
New Zealand’s 5th most deadly disaster was Christchurch’s 6.2 which killed 185 people. It was a shallow aftershock from a larger, less destructive quake.
The damage was huge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake
- y1n0 11mo agoThe key phrase in the parent is “in the ocean”
- lostlogin 11mo agoYeah, I didn’t miss that. It’s a bit academic for a country like New Zealand where the sea is usually pretty close by.
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