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Over half of the deaths occurred in the six-storey Canterbury Television (CTV) Building, which collapsed and caught fire in the earthquake. A state of local emergency was initially declared by the Mayor of Christchurch, which was superseded when the government declared a state of national emergency, which stayed in force until 30 April 2011. [133]
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 M w earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC). It was centred at a depth of 7 km (4.3 mi), [ 1 ] about 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Christchurch , [ 7 ] which had previously been devastated by a magnitude 6.2 M W earthquake in February 2011.
185 empty chairs, also known as 185 white chairs or 185 empty white chairs or simply as 185 chairs, was an unofficial memorial for the 185 individuals who died in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Envisaged as a short-term installation made from chairs painted white, it became a major tourist attraction in Christchurch , New Zealand.
The visual image of the collapsed PGC Building remains closely linked to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. As the second most deadly incident in the earthquake, the PGC Building and the memories of the victims are a notable part of anniversary memorials. The PGC building was demolished soon after the earthquake in February 2011. [17]
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Louisiana, [14] the U.S. Supreme Court has essentially eliminated the death penalty for any crime at the state level except murder. The 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case Furman v. Georgia, requiring a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty, established a de facto moratorium on capital
Located on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets in Christchurch Central City, New Zealand. It became one of the symbols of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake after 115 people lost their lives when the building collapsed during the disaster; [3] the deaths made up about 60% of the earthquake's total fatalities.
Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.