Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1911

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Damage to a building on Colombo Street. It is surrounded by piles of brick and overgrown plants. Part of a graffitied wall is also visible.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2187

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Damage property behind a fence. A front section of the house has already been removed, and bricks have fallen off a section of the wall.

Mark Lincoln Photograph 122

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A badly damaged building on Lichfield Street. The brick side wall has completely collapsed, and the front of the lower storey is on a significant lean.

Mark Lincoln Photograph 131

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The backs of a row of damaged brick buildings in the CBD. Large sections of wall have fallen from several buildings, and rubble litters the ground.

Photograph of 448-452 Colombo Street (1)

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A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.

Photograph of 448-452 Colombo Street (4)

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A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1910

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Damage to a building on Colombo Street. It is surrounded by piles of brick and overgrown plants. Part of a graffitied wall is also visible.

Photograph of 448-452 Colombo Street (3)

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A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.

Photograph of 448-452 Colombo Street (2)

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A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2265

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The damaged Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club. The photograph was taken from further along Fitzgerald Avenue where the damaged corner is not visible".

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 449

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A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork has crumbled and the broken windows have been boarded up.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 696

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Damage to the British Hotel on Oxford Street. The top of the building has crumbled bringing the roof down with it. Bricks lay along the footpath where they landed. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.

Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Buildings and Car on Norwich Quay…

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing the damaged façade of a two storey shop on Norwich Quay. The brick wall has completely fallen off the top storey and crushed a car parked on the footpath outside. Damage to the Lyttelton Hotel is visible to the left of the photo. The design of many older commercial build...

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 690

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Damage to buildings along Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. To the left is the Lyttelton Hotel with a crumbled top. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. To the right is a cafe that was damaged severely in the earthquake. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled onto the street, crushing a car. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the buildings.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 692

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Damage to buildings along Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. To the left is the Lyttelton Hotel with a crumbled top. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. To the right is a cafe that was damaged severely in the earthquake. The front wall of the top storey has crumbled onto the street, crushing a car. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the buildings.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 005

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A photograph of the earthquake damaged Persian Tea Rooms on Lincoln Road. Bricks and debris from the building's collapsed roof cover the footpath.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 006

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A photograph of the earthquake damaged Persian Tea Rooms on Lincoln Road. Bricks and debris from the building's collapsed roof cover the footpath.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 004

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Persian Tea Rooms on Lincoln Road. Bricks and debris from the building's collapsed roof cover the footpath.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 078

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Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 082

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Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 084

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Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 083

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Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 080

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Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 058

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Cordon fencing around the damaged Ground Culinary Centre and cafe. Bricks have crumbled from the walls and remain piled up on the footpath.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 284

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Severe damage to the corner of Cranmer Courts. The tower in the corner has crumbled, the bricks and roof falling into the street.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 285

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Severe damage to the corner of Cranmer Courts. The tower in the corner has crumbled, the bricks and roof falling into the street.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 283

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Severe damage to the corner of Cranmer Courts. The tower in the corner has crumbled, the bricks and roof falling into the street.

Photograph of Excelsior Hotel, 120 Manchester Street (25)

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A photograph of a painted sign on the Excelsior Hotel , exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 446

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A Civil Defence staff member completing a Level 1 Rapid Assessment inspection on a damaged house. The brickwork and window have collapsed from the outer wall of the property.

Performance of unreinforced clay brick masonry buildings during the 22nd F…

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In the early morning of 4th September 2010 the region of Canterbury, New Zealand, was subjected to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. The epicentre was located near the town of Darfield, 40 km west of the city of Christchurch. This was the country’s most damaging earthquake since the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake (GeoNet, 2010). Since 4th September 2010 the region has been subjected to thousands of aftershocks, including several more damaging events such as a magnitude 6.3 aftershock on 22nd February 2011. Although of a smaller magnitude, the earthquake on 22nd February produced peak ground accelerations in the Christchurch region three times greater than the 4th September earthquake and in some cases shaking intensities greater than twice the design level (GeoNet, 2011; IPENZ, 2011). While in September 2010 most earthquake shaking damage was limited to unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, in February all types of buildings sustained damage. Temporary shoring and strengthening techniques applied to buildings following the Darfield earthquake were tested in February 2011. In addition, two large aftershocks occurred on 13th June 2011 (magnitudes 5.7 and 6.2), further damaging many already weakened structures. The damage to unreinforced and retrofitted clay brick masonry buildings in the 4th September 2010 Darfield earthquake has already been reported by Ingham and Griffith (2011) and Dizhur et al. (2010b). A brief review of damage from the 22nd February 2011 earthquake is presented here