Scientists head to epicentre of quake

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Dozens of smaller earthquakes have kept many people in Canterbury on edge since the 7.1 magnitude quake in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The closest home to Monday's quake epicentre

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When the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch at 2:20 on Monday afternoon Barry Ross was outside his home at Godley Head on the Port Hills, where is he is the Department of Conservation caretaker. Barry's house is thought to be the closest to the epicentre that day and such was the force of the quake he was thrown to the ground and some of the cliff nearby fell away. He lost power and water for a few days but now he's back home, clearing up and determined to get on with life.

Canterbury Earthquake - Chris Brown

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Chris Brown is in Lyttleton - the epicentre of the quake.

Canterbury Earthquake - Barry Saunders

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Barry Saunders is at the epicentre of the earthquake - Lyttleton.

Town at the epicentre of the quake still stuggling

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One of the areas most affected by the February earthquake was the port town of Lyttelton, south of Christchurch.

Town close to first quake epicentre getting back to normal

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It was just a little under an hour and a half ago, two years today, that a seven-point-one magnitude earthquake shook Canterbury.

Rural Recovery - A Quake Aftermath

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Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how the rural recovery is going near the epicentre of the Canterbury Earthquake that shook the province in the early hours of September 4th.

Canterbury gets a shock from long and strong earthquake

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Canterbury got a big shock this morning with a long and strong earthquake that sent people running for the nearest door frame. While the region seems to have escaped any major damage, it's left locals thankful it wasn't worse. The quake measured 6.0 on the richter scale and was centred 45 kilometes north of Geraldine. Since then, there have been more than 40 aftershocks. Checkpoint producer Anastasia Hedge has been near the epicentre.