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185 deaths [7] [8] 1,500–2,000 injuries, 164 serious [9] A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). [2] [10] The Mw 6.2 ( ML 6.3) earthquake struck the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business ...
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Christchurch earthquakes of 2010–11, series of tremors that occurred within and near the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Canterbury Plains region from early September 2010 to late December 2011. Learn more about these events, including the resulting damage and death toll.
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Most Cantabrians were away from their homes when the 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 12.51 p.m. on 22 February 2011. It was the middle of a working day and many people were at school or work, having lunch or running errands. The September quake had occurred in the early hours of the morning with family generally close at hand. This time it was o...
The epicentre of the 22 February earthquake was within 10 km of Christchurch city, but it was felt strongly throughout Canterbury. Geonet, the country’s geological hazard monitoring system, received thousands of ‘felt reports’. While most came from the east coast of the South Island, there were a number from the west coast and the lower two-thirds ...
By the time of the February quake, Canterbury residents had experienced thousands of low-magnitude aftershocks since September 2010. Some contributors to QuakeStories initially thought this was yet another one: The February quake was powerful enough that while classified as an aftershock of the September quake, it generated its own aftershocks, inc...
One hundred and eighty five people died as a result of the 22 February earthquake. One hundred and fifteen died in the CTV building, 18 in the PGC building, 36 in the central city (including eight on buses), and 12 in the suburbs. The Chief Coroner determined that another four deaths were directly associated with the earthquake. (A complete list of...
Casualties
Three times as many people were injured in the February 2011 earthquake as in September 2010. The most serious injuries were caused by falling masonry or as a result of the collapse of buildings. Limbs had to be amputated and some people suffered partial or full paralysis. Many thousands of people suffered minor injuries similar to those sustained in the September quake. Bruises, sprains and strains were most common, followed by cuts, dislocations and broken bones. As in September, most of th...
Psychological effects
The February earthquake and its aftershocks, like the September earthquake and its aftershocks, affected Cantabrians’ well-being in ‘complex and diverse ways’. International research suggests that psychosocial recovery can take up to 10 years and with multiple events in Canterbury most residents went through the stages of recovery (described as heroic, honeymoon, disillusionment and reconstruction) more than once. Research undertaken by the Canterbury District Health Board and the Mental Heal...
Property damage
The February earthquake caused widespread damage to residential and commercial properties throughout Christchurch. Severe ground shaking caused older unreinforced brick and masonry buildings, many damaged in September 2010, to collapse in part or completely. It also caused damage to more modern buildings – notably the CTV and PGC buildings, the collapse of which resulted in the deaths of 115 and 18 people respectively. Liquefaction – ‘a liquid mush’ of soft sand and silt which had wrecked bui...
A priority for most of those who reached relative safety after the earthquake was to call, text or otherwise contact loved ones. It was a lucky dip whether they got through, with mobile, landline and internet networks all affected to varying degrees by power outages, congestion and physical damage. Because of these problems, when a person heard tha...
This article was written by Imelda Bargas and produced by the NZHistory team. It makes extensive use of contributions to QuakeStories, a website established by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2011.
Sep 4, 2010 · At 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake caused severe damage in Christchurch and Lyttelton, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand. The earthquake’s epicentre was near Lyttelton, just 10 km south-east of Christchurch’s central business district.
The February 22, 2011 earthquake in Christchurch caused mass destruction and loss of 185 lives. Photo / File. It came just months after the magnitude-7.1 Darfield earthquake in the early...
Feb 20, 2021 · Since its establishment between 1864 and 1904, ChristChurch Cathedral has suffered extensive damage in numerous quakes over the years, with the 2011 quake delivering a lethal blow. But subsequent quakes that same year also caused the west wall, containing the rose window, to collapse.
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 M w earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC). It was centred at a depth of 7 km (4.3 mi), about 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Christchurch, which had previously been devastated by a magnitude 6.2 M W earthquake in February 2011.
