tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952549002285580306.post3335584224656900851..comments2023-12-30T00:25:09.277+13:00Comments on Julian's Blog: Christchurch Quake Q&AsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952549002285580306.post-90084619190878642232011-07-21T22:25:21.690+12:002011-07-21T22:25:21.690+12:00Julian, my Grandfather told me a story about a vor...Julian, my Grandfather told me a story about a vortex in Lyttelton Harbour. Apparently there had been some display where a boat was blown up. After that there was a flat spot just outside the harbour entrance. On sailing back to Church Bay with my grandfather on the tiller he headed over to look at it. The boat headed into it until the wind got the sail and pushed it out. His father said :"what are you doing boy!!?". I asked my uncle (his youngest son) about that story he said: "oh he used to tell some stories but no, I believe that one"...<br />What do you think?jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952549002285580306.post-2966835383169513422011-07-21T22:18:48.363+12:002011-07-21T22:18:48.363+12:00Do all the fault lines effect the cahnces of findi...Do all the fault lines effect the cahnces of finding oil in Canterbury?jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952549002285580306.post-18692311824870518922011-07-04T13:51:53.782+12:002011-07-04T13:51:53.782+12:00This was a tsunami produced by a very large earthq...This was a tsunami produced by a very large earthquake in Chile. You can read a brief account here: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/tsunamis/2Juliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-952549002285580306.post-57572731162911752252011-07-01T19:53:22.360+12:002011-07-01T19:53:22.360+12:00Thanks for the Q&A.
I remember reading in a...Thanks for the Q&A. <br /><br />I remember reading in a newspaper archive I found through the library, that in 17 August 1868 there had been an earthquake felt in the Canterbury region that produced an "earthquake wave" in Lyttleton harbour that damaged some boats etc. Are you able to shed any more information on this event?Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197623078681301330noreply@blogger.com