The Eco Garden at the Epicentre

 Sunset view from the shaky Eco Garden

The Eco Garden does not have a scratch on it, even though it seems that there is an active fault running underneath it, judging by the locations given for yesterday's series of aftershocks on the GeoNet site (see listing below – 20 km south-east of Christchurch is the Port Levy area). Our old (109 years) house is also intact, although after the 6.3 quake on June 13 the kitchen chimney is no longer safe to use.

I have not been well enough to garden for the past week, but hope to get back to it next week when my health (and the earth) are both less shaky. Meanwhile I continue my new sideline of experiential earthquake studies. I'd rather be gardening...

Aftershocks list on GeoNet 15 June 2011

    * Reference Number: 3530081
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 10:16 pm
    * Magnitude: 3.8
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3530078
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 10:07 pm
    * Magnitude: 3.9
    * Depth: 5 km
    * Details: 10 km south-east of Christchurch

# Reference Number: 3529946
# NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 4:15 pm
# Magnitude: 3.6
# Depth: 8 km
# Details: 10 km south-east of Lyttelton

    * Reference Number: 3529888
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 2:27 pm
    * Magnitude: 4.2
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Lyttelton

    * Reference Number: 3529866
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:29 pm
    * Magnitude: 4.1
    * Depth: 8 km
    * Details: 10 km east of Lyttelton

    * Reference Number: 3529867
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:11 pm
    * Magnitude: 3.2
    * Depth: 5 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529858
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:03 pm
    * Magnitude: 4.6
    * Depth: 5 km
    * Details: 10 km south-east of Lyttelton

    * Reference Number: 3529849
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 12:40 pm
    * Magnitude: 3.1
    * Depth: 8 km
    * Details: 10 km east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529774
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 9:41 am
    * Magnitude: 3.8
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529751
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 8:44 am
    * Magnitude: 3.7
    * Depth: 8 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529728
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 7:29 am
    * Magnitude: 3.1
    * Depth: 4 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529703
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 6:32 am
    * Magnitude: 4.2
    * Depth: 5 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529702
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 6:27 am
    * Magnitude: 5.0
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 20 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529690
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:48 am
    * Magnitude: 3.4
    * Depth: 8 km
    * Details: 10 km south-east of Christchurch

    * Reference Number: 3529589
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 0:28 am
    * Magnitude: 3.6
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 10 km east of Lyttelton

    * Reference Number: 3529586
    * NZST: Wed, Jun 15 2011 0:17 am
    * Magnitude: 3.3
    * Depth: 6 km
    * Details: 10 km north of Diamond Harbour