However, they were left shocked when the city was indeed shaken by the biggest aftershock since the February catastrophe, which killed more than 182 people.
Mr Ring, a fishing commentator, has become a source of heated debate in New Zealand in recent weeks due to his earthquake predictions, which are based on the belief that quakes are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon on tectonic plates.
Seismologists have dismissed the theory, but it has gained a following in the country as word has spread that Mr Ring, nicknamed "Moon Man", appeared to have correctly predicted a quake in September and the disaster last month.
When Mr Ring warned that on the morning of 20 March, as the moon passed close to the Earth, another quake would strike some Christchurch residents believed him and decided to get out of town. But Mr Ring was pilloried by sections of the media, politicians, and the scientific world."
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