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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.
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). [2] [10] The M w 6.2 (M L 6.3) earthquake struck the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business district. [11]
Eighteen people were killed in the building during the earthquake, and many more were injured, in what was described as a "catastrophic collapse." [1] It was the second most deadly incident in the earthquake after the CTV Building collapse. Built in the mid-1960s, it was originally used as an office space for the Christchurch Drainage Board.
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An earthquake occurred in Christchurch on 14 February 2016 at 1:13 p.m. local time (00:13 UTC) and initially recorded as 5.9 [4] on the Richter scale, but subsequently reviewed as 5.7. [5] Often referred to as the Valentine's Day earthquake , it was centred in the sea off New Brighton at a depth of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). [ 4 ]
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.
The earthquake occurred at 10:30 am on Boxing Day, 26 December 2010, and had a moment magnitude of 4.7 [4] and a local magnitude M L 4.9. [5]: ii It was located directly under the city at a depth of between 4 and 5 kilometres (2.5 and 3.1 miles), [6] [4] [7] with an epicentre near Barbadoes Street [8] or 1.8 kilometres (1.1 miles) north west of Christ Church Cathedral.
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks striking the border region between southeast Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday is feared to have killed 20,000 people.. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake ...