Mass Evacuation Underway After Deadly 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves 'Utter Devastation' in New Zealand
https://weather.com/news/news/78-magnitude-earthquake-hits-new-zealand-christchurch Monday there was a evacuation of a lot of tourist that were in the town of Kaikoura, New Zealand. People were stuck everywhere because of the landslides that ended up making the roadways impossible for anyone to move. There was a tsunami that measured at 8.2 feet above the "normal"tied level which I am not sure what that is. Below is an aerial view of the damage on a state high way near Kaikoura, New Zealand. (got it from the website.)
The article also talked about a past earthquake of 6.3 magnitude earthquake that happened a few years back in 2011 in a Christchurch the largest city on New Zealand's South Island
Also below is more damage that was done by this earthquake
The powerful forces of the earthquake caused lots of damage, the article said that at least 20,000 were evacuated from costal commnities
No comments:
Post a Comment