Earthquake nz

A Christchurch Trust hopes a new earthquake oral history walk will encourage locals yet to set foot in the city centre again to come back.

"We have a lot of visitors in the central city. "Quake City Museum has also been busy with lots of visitors, because it is something of interest to people ... It's a big part of what defines us as a community, as a city and as individuals, so we want to honour those memories," she said. "There are still some people who do not want to come back into the central city, because they can't really see the connection between the pre-quake and post-quake city. "We have about 30 different voices, memories of people who were in the city on February 22, 2011. We discovered that the stairwells were down ...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the top of the South Island. GeoNet said it had a depth of 48km and was located 30km west of Blenheim.

On the anniversary of the deadly 2011 earthquake, more than 1000 homeowners are still seeking closure - with dozens of cases still in the court system.

Now the mantra is to go in and look for the damage. Claims now go to private insurers for assessment, and the For us, the actual event was nothing compared with the aftermath of dealing with the insurance.” When the dog runs around the backyard, the lawn is vibrating.” If customers are concerned, they can get a qualified expert, no matter what the problem is.” It’s just starting for them. Whether claims with private insurers can be reopened depends on individual policies. She believes the house needs to be demolished, the land remediated and the house rebuilt with a suitable foundation. “I feel for the people in the North Island. McEvedy said she had found EQC difficult to deal with, and the prospect of going to court was “scary”. [Lucinda](http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/82612169/did-eqc-save-big-on-christchurchs-land-claims) [ McEvedy and Andrew Freer](http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/82612169/did-eqc-save-big-on-christchurchs-land-claims) will spend the day in court as the representative plaintiffs in the land claim. [outcome of a class action lawsuit ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/102122255/govt-assures-christchurch-eqc-claimants-fletcher-legal-action-wouldnt-slow-settlements) [against EQC](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/102122255/govt-assures-christchurch-eqc-claimants-fletcher-legal-action-wouldnt-slow-settlements) which has its first hearing in the High Court on Wednesday.

According to GeoNet, the quake happened at 10.11am 25km west of Blenheim with a depth of 47km.

Over 60,000 people around the country reported on GeoNet feeling the earthquake. A total of 4044 have reported to GeoNet that they felt the shake. Nine people have reported the quake felt extreme, one said it was severe, 242 moderate, 1634 light, and 2134 weak.