On-going big earthquakes.
Christchurch has received a lot of damage and they've lost electricity, water and services from the local authorities.
I am in pretty constant contact with a lot of them on a tech-site that I joined in 2003 or so. Got to know almost all of them by first names by now.
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About that map-site
After the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake near Christchurch, New Zealand, the region has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks - many of them widely felt around Christchurch, and some of which have caused further damage.
The Christchurch Quake Map on this website aims to present a time-lapse visualisation of the earthquake and its aftershocks, primarily to help those outside the affected area understand what those of us in Canterbury are experiencing. It plots earthquake data from GeoNet on a map using the Google Maps API, with the size of the circle denoting the magnitude (the higher the magnitude, the larger the circle) and the colour showing the focal depth (see the legend below the map).
How to use the Map
When you visit the map, it will start playing through the earthquakes once it finishes loading. You can pause and resume using the controls to the right of the map, and also jump to the start or end, speed up or slow down the playback. The "Jump to" links beside the map allow you to start playback 3, 6, 9, 12 or 24 hours before the current time, so you can see just the latest tremors.
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Quakes In New Zealand - Time Lapse 
