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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.

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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.

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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.

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A photograph of damaged buildings and an empty building site between Cashel Street and Lichfield Street, taken from the corner of High Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Williams Street, Kaiapoi - the damaged part of Blackwell's now demolished".

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

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

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

Transcript of Heather Bundy's earthquake story

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A pdf transcript of Heather Bundy's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Josie Hepburn.

WEMO ERT Set 2 - February 2011 - Photograph 18

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A photograph of emergency management personnel crossing the intersection of High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets. In the background is the earthquake-damaged Fisher's Building. Large sections of the top storey have collapsed, the masonry spilling onto the footpath and damaging the awning.

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The southern side of the Christ Church Cathedral with boarded up windows and damage to the roof above both of the transepts. Damaged masonry has been piled on the ground in front and one of the spires has been removed and braced with steel in the foreground.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. The remains of a demolished building are in front.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street, with the remains of a demolished building in front.

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Canterbury Television Building. Some of the windows have broken and large cracks can be seen in the walls.

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A photograph looking east down Hereford Street from the intersection of Colombo Street. The badly-damaged Fisher's building can be seen on the right.

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A photograph of a cleared building site between Cashel Street and Hereford Street. Damaged buildings on Hereford Street can be seen in the distance.

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A photograph of the damaged Kenton Chambers building on Hereford Street. The windows have been broken and rubble from the building covers the footpath.

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Detail of damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing how the building has crushed against the car park structure beside it.

Repaired Reinforced Concrete Walls and Lower-Damage Modifications

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

As a result of the Canterbury earthquakes, over 60% of the concrete buildings in the Christchurch Central Business District have been demolished. This experience has highlighted the need to provide guidance on the residual capacity and repairability of earthquake-damaged concrete buildings. Experience from 2010 Chile indicates that it is possible to repair severely damaged concrete elements (see photo at right), although limited testing has been performed on such repaired components. The first phase of this project is focused on the performance of two lightly-reinforced concrete walls that are being repaired and re-tested after damage sustained during previous testing.

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A photograph of waterproof sheets covering parts of the earthquake-damaged Cranmer Courts building.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in the Christchurch central city.

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A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.

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A photograph of an earthquake-damaged brick building, with demolition equipment in the foreground.

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A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on High Street, taken from St Asaph Street.

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A damaged building on Bedford Row. Bricks fallen from the parapet litter the footpath.

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A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.

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A damaged building on Worcester Street. The facade has collapsed, exposing the rooms inside.

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Damaged buildings on Tuam Street. The brick facades have collapsed, exposing the interior rooms.

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A photograph of damaged buildings on Cashel Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.

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A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.

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A view down Lichfield Street, looking west. Rubble from damaged buildings litters the street.

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A photograph of damaged buildings on the corner of Linwood Avenue and Aldwins Road.