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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.
The Avon River Precinct (Māori: Te Papa Ōtākaro [10] and Te Papa o Ōtākaro in the initial version of the recovery plan [11]) was the redevelopment of the Avon River corridor through the central city, from the Antigua Street bridge at Christchurch Hospital to the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge at the eastern border of the central city. The park ...
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.
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On 13 June 2011 a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch at a depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). It was preceded by a magnitude 5.6 [42] tremor, and affected many structures previously damaged by other earthquakes. The earthquake injured a total of 46 people, while many others were evacuated from the city centre. [43]
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA; Māori: Te Mana Haumanu ki Waitaha) was the public service department of New Zealand charged with coordinating the rebuild of Christchurch and the surrounding areas following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. After it was disestablished on 18 April 2016, CERA's functions were taken over by a ...
Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial. The Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial (Māori: Oi Manawa [1]) is the Crown's official memorial for those killed or seriously injured in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. It is located on both sides of the Avon River downstream from the Montreal Street bridge. The memorial opened on 22 ...
The Central City Red Zone, also known as the CBD Red Zone, was a public exclusion zone in the Christchurch Central City implemented after the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After February 2013, it was officially renamed the CBD Rebuild Zone by government agencies, but remained known as the Red Zone. It gradually shrank in size and ...