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The podClast – episode 17

Published 2011-02-27 by Chris

Episode 17 of the podClast concentrates on the 6.3 magnitude earthquake with struck Christchurch on 22nd of February 2011 which has tragically resulted in thousands on injuries and hundreds of deaths. We chat about the seismic setting and the human element of this disaster. Also discussed is the concept of the anthropocene, a proposed new geological epoch, age or chron (whichever it may be).

Episode 17 of the podClast is ready for download. You can grab the mp3 here (26.1 MB, 50:07), or subscribe through iTunes here. You can subscribe to the podClast RSS feed here. Or you can listen to it right here:

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Participants

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)
Ron - Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog (@rschott)
Chris - Highly Allocthonous (@allocthounous)
Ian – Hypocentre (@hypocentre)
(links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Christchurch / Canterbury Earthquake

The seismic data of the earthquake can be found at Geo Net and the USGS.

Chris’s post on aftershocks, triggered earthquakes and Christchurch’s future. And his post on possible seismic lensing.

The Australian ABC has interactive ariel shots before and after the earthquake.

Christchurch City Libraries have a brief rundown on historical earthquakes in Christchurch.

The GNS map comparing September’s 7.1 M quake and Tuesday’s 6.3 M quake, centered on Lyttelton.

Dave Frampton’s mother was caught in the collapsed PGG building. Dave tweeted right through the event. You’ll probably want to follow the sequence starting on the 22nd of February 1343, 1416, 1425, 1504, 1510, 1526, 1646, 1658, 1719, 1730, 1735, 1841, 1844, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1940, 23rd February 0620, 0628, 0730, 0850, 1108, 1117, 1256, 1315, 1346, 1348, 1357, 1436, 1445, 1446, 1444, 1510, 1544, 1614, 1649, 1651, 2136, 24th of February 0650, 25th of february 0029, 0831, 1053, 1733, February 26th 1533, 1609.

Help If You Can

Dave and his family were very lucky. Tragically, many other Christchurch families have lost homes, businesses, property and more seriously, been injured and lost loved ones. All the people in Christchurch are in need of help as they recover and New Zealand as a country starts the clean up and rebuilding of our second largest city. If you can spare a little money to help our plucky little nation out, please consider the following avenues for donation;

Firstly there’s The Official New Zealand Government Earthquake Appeal. Here’s a NZ Herald article about the appeal. This will help directly by helping rebuild Christchurch while those who are directly affected are given all the help they need.

The Red Cross in New Zealand is accepting donations. The Red Cross does fantastic work the world over, and has been working tirelessly in Christchurch.

And if you want to get a little entertainment out of your donations, this week all profits from the purchases of Chopper 2, by Dave Frampton (mentioned above) will go towards the quake appeal. You can get Chopper 2 on iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X.

The Anthropocene

The Wikipedia entry on the Anthropocene.

Andrew Alden at About:Geology has a good summary of the debate around the Anthropocene proposal. And details about how the term will appear in National Geographic next month.

You may also want to read up on the Geological Time Scale.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2011/02/27/the-podclast-episode-17/ or and an archive of all podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/