Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Retaining wall and roof damage on Hackthorne Road, Cashmere".
The tours will allow people to see the earthquake damage closeup for the first time since the earthquake struck in February.
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
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Cars on Smith City, Colombo Street car park".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Looking north up Colombo Street from Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Dallington. The Medway Street footbridge".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Dallington. The Medway Street footbridge".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Workers are trapped in the Forsyth Barr building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Sue Spigel, Christchurch Cathedral artist-in-residence, is rescued from the cathedral tower".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Sue Spigel, Christchurch Cathedral artist-in-residence, is rescued from the cathedral tower".
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