Earthquake in Christchuch

There has been a major earthquake in Christchuch this morning. Support and best wishes to my friends and former colleagues at the University of Canterbury!

An update on the 5th: the damages are only material and no clear structural damage seems to have imperilled the buildings, but watching the million or so books off their shelves below means there is a substantial effort ahead! (Emails to math.canterbury.ac.nz are still bouncing back…)

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