Japanese Earthquake
No ‘quake report from Christchurch today, given the magnitude of the devastation caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, including massive aftershocks and ‘collateral’ damage such as fires and damage to the nuclear reactor at Fukushima.
The earthquake has been reported here as variously 8.4 and 8.9 magnitude, but either way it’s huge and my thoughts are with the people of Japan today and those affected by tsunami damage in other areas (although I understand this has not eventuated to the extent feared.)