Timaru Herald Image: Oisin Duke 2010:09:04 16:28:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to St. Mary's Anglican Church Timaru resulting from 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake centred near Darfield. Damaged spire-tops lie on the ground after being removed from the church tower".

Christchurch Earthquake - Crumble and Clouds

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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.

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The historic Provincial Hotel at the Barbadoes Street / Cashel Street corner has been cordoned off for fear of collapse; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:11:37

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:12:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:12:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:13:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:04 16:58:41

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Prime Minister John Key visited Christchurch after its 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 0435 Saturday morning. Civil Defence have set up base at Christchurch Art Gallery. Pictured with Mayor Bob Parker".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 12:26:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton Farmers Market two weeks after the 7.1 quake. L-R: Lily McClure (6) and her sisters Sarah (9) and Ella (10) from Leeston enjoying a bit of normanilty".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:13:28

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:13:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:14:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Dean Kozanic 2010:09:29 14:14:11

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The ongoing demolition of business premises around central Christchurch after the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th. Buildings on the east side of Colombo Street between Salisbury and Peterborough Streets".

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This building at the corner of Barbadoes Street / St Asaph Street was so badly damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010 that it had to be demolished

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:22:11

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:28:10

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:11 12:42:31

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley. Ian Wishart and Gerry Brownlee in the background".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:20 17:30:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".

Christchurch Earthquake - Godley House, Diamond Harbour

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Due to the 7.1 earthquake on 4th September 2010 and then the following earthquakes Godley House has suffered severe damage. Godley house was built in 1880 by Harvey Hawkins - see www.godleyhouse.co.nz/

Christchurch Earthquake - Green Light for Demolition

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A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:12:06 11:04:59

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Trudy Mclean, owner of Groovy Glasses Ltd. Story about her business which had to shift after the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake has been doing really well at their new location".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:12:06 11:05:04

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Trudy Mclean, owner of Groovy Glasses Ltd. Story about her business which had to shift after the September 4 M7.1 Christchurch earthquake has been doing really well at their new location".

Crowded Cloud

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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 4 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.

Christchurch Earthquake - Battered by Bricks

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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 04 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:08 09:14:07

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Eileen Woolf and her husband Bevin are now living in a caravan and motor home on their front lawn after the September 4 M7.1 earthquake has left their Pine Beach home unlivable".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 15:02:15

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Nelson Odering (owner of Oderings) has volunteered his services for three days in the clean up on the streets of Kaipoi".

Fairfax Media Image: Lawrence Smith 2010:09:10 15:02:23

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Nelson Odering (owner of Oderings) has volunteered his services for three days in the clean up on the streets of Kaipoi".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:10:08 09:16:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Eileen Woolf and her husband Bevin are now living in a caravan and motor home on their front lawn after the September 4 M7.1 earthquake has left their Pine Beach home unlivable".

Photo of damage in Halswell & Tai Tapu, taken by Dan Harrison, 10 Septembe…

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Photo of damage in Halswell & Tai Tapu, taken by Dan Harrison, 10 September 2010.

Performance of the Christchurch, New Zealand cathedral during the M7.1 201…

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The Catholic Cathedral is classified as a category 1 listed heritage building constructed largely of unreinforced stone masonry, and was significantly damaged in the recent Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. In the 2010 event the building presented slight to moderta damage, meanwhile in the 2011 one experienced ground shaking in excess of its capacity leading to block failures and partial collapse of parts of the building, which left the building standing but still posing a significant hazard. In this paper we discuss the approach to develop the earthquake analysis of the building by 3D numerical simulations, and the results are compared/calibrated with the observed damage of the 2010 earthquake. Very accurate records were obtained during both earthquakes due to a record station located least than 80 m of distance from the building and used in the simulations. Moreover it is included in the model the soil structure interaction because it was observed that the ground and foundation played an important role on the seismic behavior of the structure. A very good agreement was found between the real observed damage and the nonlinear dynamic simulations described trough inelastic deformation (cracking) and building´s performance.