Since we've been here we've had shakes that have given the buildings ( mainly the house we rent ) we were in at the time a jolly good jolt and shudder.
In the last 4 weeks, the quakes have measured 5.7, 4.2, 4.3 and yesterday a jelly-like 3.8. The 5.7 was quite exciting actually and luckily nothing came crashing down in the house. We're getting the landlord around to inspect the building though as the floors are now uneven in different spots to when we moved in
It's just on 5 years since the big quake that wrecked the city struck in Feb 22, 2011. The latest waves of so called aftershocks are giving some people a mental revisit to the event when they were without shelter and services for a very long time. Even now the city still has many buildings needing to have the demolition completed and every day the journey to work can surprise you with part of your route suddenly blocked for 'roadworks'. I reckon it will be another 10 - 15 years before Christchurch completes its repairs.
Luckily we live in a more solid part of town that weathers the shocks better, but of course we journey through various parts of the city almost daily and there's never any warning for when a jot will hit.
Time to get our emergency water, food and LPG cache up to scratch. They recommend a 3 - 4 week cache.
