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A hole, created by a giant boulder which crashed through a house during Tuesday's earthquake, is seen near Lyttleton, on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Tuesday's magnitude-6.3 temblor caused extensive damage, and killed dozens of people in the city.
Mark Baker / AP
A giant boulder sits below a house that it went through during Tuesday's earthquake near Lyttleton on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Tuesday's magnitude-6.3 temblor caused extensive damage, and killed dozens of people in the city.
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I like this set of photos because there's a sense of time, distance and power. I love the Road Cone as well, since it gives some humor to the troubling temblor. When I first saw the bottom shot, sans top photo, I thought it was a meteorite.
Looks like a close call, hope no one was hurt.
How rude! Seriously, if you live in earthquake country there is no way to protect against stuff like this. In 1992 the 7.2 Landers earthquake fault rupture ripped through homes on flat, level ground. Every place has risks.
Reminds me of a giant boulder that hit a 3 story house in Colorado several years ago. It demolished half the house, and unfortunately killed the couple who lived in it.