Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Rock retaining walls collapsed on Dyers Pass Road, Cashmere".
Armagh Street, near the corner of Durham Street North, looking east-ish towards the Canterbury Provincial Council and Supreme Court Buildings.
Armagh Street, near the corner of Durham Street North, looking east-ish towards the Canterbury Provincial Council and Supreme Court Buildings.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 13 April 2011.
Page 14 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 2 March 2011.
Geologist and paleontologist at GNS Science Hamish Campbell discusses the geology behind the Christchurch earthquake.
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.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the second storey of Cecil House on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the second storey of Cecil House on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the second storey of Cecil House on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the south-west corner of the former Press Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the details above a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the details above a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail above a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the details above a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Guthrey Centre on Cashel Street.
A member of No. 40 Squadron, a transport squadron in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, installing seats onboard the C-130 Hercules. The Hercules assisted with the movement of people out Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Major Angus Mace is from Burnham Military Camp.
Daniel O'Regan is on Antigua Street.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker gives advice to Cantabrians.