The big aftershock

Sky News in Australia is reporting live the 6.0 aftershock in Christchurch.

Hopefully this will be the worst of the aftershocks. The reporter is saying you could see balconies bouncing up and down.

Talking of the quake, kudos to Phil Goff and John Key for travelling down and visiting an emergency shelter together. A very nice reminder of how those things which unite us, are more important than those we disagree on.

View Christchurch earthquake: Where the land shook in a larger map

The NZ Herald has been mapping the quakes on Google Maps. Real nice use of social media. God, you can only empathise with the locals. While logically one knows the first quake is the strongest, psychologically it must be very upsetting – especially for kids and pets.