Earthquakes - The Q Files

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A brochure covering the causes of earthquakes, how earthquakes could affect Canterbury, and public preparedness.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 12

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 7

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 06

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A photograph of the clock drive of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 1

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Observatory Tower Photograph 01

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A photograph of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre, taken before the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 05

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A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Hunter Hills Fault Zone study - Earthquake hazard assessment

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This report was the first report in the district series, and has a different format to later reports. It includes all natural hazards, not only earthquake hazards. It describes earthquake, flooding, meteorological, landslide and coastal hazards within Hurunui district and gives details of historic events. It includes district-scale (1:250,000) active fault and flood hazard maps. The report describes an earthquake scenario for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake near Cheviot, as well as flooding, meteorological, landslide, coastal erosion, storm surge, and tsunami scenarios. See Object Overview for background and usage information.

Updated probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the Canterbury region:…

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This study updated the 1999 Earthquake hazard and risk assessment study Stage 1 Part B: Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and Earthquake scenarios for the Canterbury region, and historic earthquakes in Christchurch report. It incorporated new fault data, a new distributed seismicity model and new methods for estimating Modified Mercalli intensities. See Object Overview for background and usage information.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 04

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A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Astronomy and Physics, is standing to the left. This image was used by Kershaw to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 02

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A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. In the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph is a pulley for the telescope's clock drive. This is one of the pieces that went missing when the Observatory tower collapsed in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 03

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A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 09

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A photograph of the middle section of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. A plate on the side reads, "T Cook & Sons, 1864, York & London". This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 07

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A photograph of the middle section of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 18

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A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 15

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A photograph of a musician onstage at the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 - Engineering Bridge Challenge Photograph 1

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A photograph of a student standing on a bridge across the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2011 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.

2008 - Engineering Bridge Challenge Photograph 2

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A photograph of students falling through a bridge into the Avon River, outside the UCSA building. The photograph was taken in 2008 during the annual Civil Engineering Bridge Challenge event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 16

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A photograph of students on the balcony of the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 4

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 11

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 10

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 5

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 6

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 2

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A photograph of a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Raymond Morris's painting, 'Dorothys Hotel'

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A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Dorothys Hotel'.

Raymond Morris's painting, 'Christ the King Presbytery, 90 Greers Road'

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A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Christ the King Presbytery, 90 Greers Road'.

Defining moments in nature : natural events, natural disasters, natural ha…

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A brochure covering natural events, natural disasters, natural hazards and risk. It asks, 'what are they?' and 'what do they mean?'

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 9

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A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 08

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A photograph of the middle section of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. A plate on the side reads, "T Cook & Sons, 1864, York & London". This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.