Quakes Friday 21st Sept 2012

[TonyC]

Public Id: 2012p713013
NZST: Friday, September 21 2012 at 7:33:22 am
Intensity: light
Depth: 10 km
Magnitude: 3.1
Location: 20 km east of Christchurch

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[TonyC]

Latest list @7.30pm
It's interesting that the 3.1 at 7.33am in Christchurch listed when I checked Geonet at 8.30am this morning has now been changed to a 2.3. Doesn't give you great confidence in the system. 

Public Id: 2012p713908
NZST: Friday, September 21 2012 at 3:30:35 pm
Intensity: light
Depth: 2 km
Magnitude: 3.1
Location: 25 km north of Te Kaha

Public Id: 2012p713742
NZST: Friday, September 21 2012 at 2:01:55 pm
Intensity: moderate
Depth: 11 km
Magnitude: 3.6
Location: 15 km east of Christchurch

Public Id: 2012p713691
NZST: Friday, September 21 2012 at 1:35:03 pm
Intensity: strong
Depth: 12 km
Magnitude: 4.3
Location: 15 km east of Christchurch

[Suezy]

There is a number of things wrong with the computer that GeoNet use that I have noticed over the time that they have released it to the public scrutiny.
They have reported quakes under Martinborough at 100 odd km south of - and it ends up being off the Kaikoura coast is one that comes to mind - one place being in the North Island and ends up being off the coast of the South Island.
Think they have a few things to correct with it which should have been done prior to releasing it.
BTW we have had 7 quakes over a 24 hour period today.  Certainly does not give you confidence in the reports put up = as you say.

[TonyC]

After the 3.2 disappeared off the "Felt" chart, I looked under the "All" tab and see that there are quite a few which are marked weak or unnoticeable. I guess it's whether or not people press the "felt" button as to the classification and which tab they sit under for the lower end of the scale quakes. 
A possible explanation may be that people in Christchurch probably don't respond on the site so much these days unless it's a reasonable size shake because they've become so commonplace, thus they sit in the unnoticable tray.