Tasman Glacier Loses 30 Million Tonnes of Ice After Devastating Earthquake

Photo: ( AAP: Denis Callesen, via ABC ) A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island city of Christchurch just before 1 pm local time. Unlike the 7.1 Richter scale quake which occurred in September of 2010 this one has caused extensive property damage resulting in the loss of of least 65 lives. A figure likely to unfortunately rise as more collapsed buildings are examined for survivors. Also affected by the earthquake was the countries longest glacier, the Tasman, at Aoraki Mt Cook Nationa… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tasman Glacier Loses 30 Million Tonnes of Ice After Devastating Earthquake

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