A story submitted by Zoe to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Katie to the QuakeStories website.
Transcript of Eric's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Armagh Street, near the corner of Durham Street North, looking east-ish towards the Canterbury Provincial Council and Supreme Court Buildings.
Manchester Street looking north-ish, towards the intersection with Armagh Street.
Christchurch Earthquake 23 December 2011 - Magnitude 5.8 then a 6.0.
Armagh Street, near the corner of Durham Street North, looking east-ish towards the Canterbury Provincial Council and Supreme Court Buildings.
Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings have repeatedly been shown to perform poorly in large magnitude earthquakes, with both New Zealand and Australia having a history of past earthquakes that have resulted in fatalities due to collapsed URM buildings. A comparison is presented here of the URM building stock and the seismic vulnerability of Christchurch and Adelaide in order to demonstrate the relevance to Australian cities of observations in Christchurch resulting from the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake swarm. It is shown that the materials, architecture and hence earthquake strength of URM buildings in both countries is comparable and that Adelaide and other cities of Australia have seismic vulnerability sufficient to cause major damage to their URM buildings should a design level earthquake occur. Such an earthquake is expected to cause major building damage, and fatalities should be expected.
The title is 'The next stage in earthquake prediction?... Six images show 'aromatherapists', auctioneers', chiropractors', fortune tellers', a 'sixth sense' and 'psychics'. Context - reference to all the unscientific ways of trying to predict earthquakes particularly dear to the hearts of Christchurch people who are enduring numerous aftershocks following the earthquake of 4th September 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Blog of Christchurch poet Catherine Fitchett. Includes her thoughts about poetry and life, and photographs, including the Christchurch earthquake.
A community based blog/journal made up of contributions from the people of Christchurch, sharing their experiences from the two major Canterbury quakes.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 May 2011 entitled, "Earthquake Alphabet".
A story submitted by Hannah to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 23 December 2011 entitled, "Noooooo! It's happened again... More earthquakes".
First Aid?
An update on the Canterbury Earthquake.
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A story submitted by Jennifer to the QuakeStories website.
Photos taken following the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February 2011. We all have earthquake stories to tell — and we’d like to hear yours. Please submit your story on our website, and let us know if you have any images or vi...
Noelle talks with researcher Jesse Dykstra.
John Mitchell is the head of Civil Defence.
Barry Corbett, a Christchurch City Councillor is at the Christchurch Art Gallery which is being set up as a Civil Defence Centre.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Horne is at her home in Christchurch, which has sunken into the ground.
Prime Minster John Key gives a statement regarding the Canterbury Earthquake.
Paul Norris is from The New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT.
Rauol Dykestra works for the Fire Service.
Radio New Zealand reporter Jessica Maddock reports from the Christchurch City Art Gallery which has been converted into a Civil Defence centre.
Monique Oomen is at a closed Christchurch airport.