Explosives have been shaking Christchurch's QE2 sports centre
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Explosives have been shaking Christchurch's QE2 sports centre today to simulate a magnitude 4 earthquake.
Explosives have been shaking Christchurch's QE2 sports centre today to simulate a magnitude 4 earthquake.
Christchurch earthquake costs shake Tower's bottom line.
The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.
The devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquake has other cities reviewing how well they are prepared for a similar shake.
The head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton, flew over the quake-hit city after today's first shake.
A study by Canterbury University shows businesses have withstood the 7-point-one-magnitude Canterbury earthquake well.
When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.
When the destructive February earthquake hit Christchurch, one of our reporters, Bridget Mills, was recording an interview at the very moment the earth started shaking.
Scientists studying last month's earthquake in Christchurch say the shaking was exacerbated by a slapdown or trampoline effect that made the land under the city bounce up and down.