sand volcano in our front lawn

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

The earthquake knocked over the bird bath.

sand volcano

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

(I righted the bird bath after the initial earthquake. None of the after-shocks were sufficient to knock it over again.)

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Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Local park walkway. The day of the quake the birds on the lake beside it were disturbed and made a lot of noise