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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]
The Christchurch Recovery Map, also known as eq.org.nz, was a short-lived website providing crowdsourced information about the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The site aggregated information via email, tweets with an #eqnz hashtag , SMS and a locally hosted web form .
Hard copy of the July 2012 Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan, often referred to as the Blueprint, is the plan developed by the Fifth National Government of New Zealand for the recovery of the Christchurch Central City from a series of earthquakes, in particular the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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 ...
On 26 December 2010 a M w 4.7 earthquake occurred directly under the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand, at a depth of 5 km (3.1 mi) or 4 km (2.5 mi).It caused "significant damage" to Christchurch and was part of the earthquake sequence beginning with the September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and followed by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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 Christchurch Fault is an active seismic fault running under the city of Christchurch in the middle of New Zealand's South Island. It runs from an area close to Riccarton , under the Central City , through the eastern suburbs off the coast of New Brighton .
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.