Wellington quiet as earthquakes continue
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Photo taken on July 22, 2013 shows a shattered window at the National Library Building on Molesworth Street in Wellington after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook New Zealand's capital Wellington and upper South Island on Sunday afternoon. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Train services in the capital were suspended Monday until all roads, bridges and tracks had been checked by engineers.
Radio New Zealand reported that four people had been treated at Wellington Hospital for minor injuries after the quakes
The government's Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences ( GNS Science) said late Sunday that there was a 30-percent chance of a magnitude 6 or greater aftershock and there were likely to be nine quakes of up to magnitude 5 in the next week, and a 20- percent chance of a magnitude-6 or greater quake within 24 hours of the previous severe quake.
However GNS Science seismologist Caroline Holden told Radio New Zealand Monday that there were no big aftershocks overnight, so the prediction had been revised down to a 10-percent chance of a magnitude-6 or greater quake happening over the next 24 hours.
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