The 6.3-magnitude quake struck the city on Feb. 22, 2011, with a depth of only 4 km. Then Prime Minister John Key described the disaster as "New Zealand's darkest day". The earthquake and aftershocks caused substantial destruction to Christchurch in 2011. Statistics showed more than 1,200...
WELLINGTON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A 3.9-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 7 km hit New Zealand's Christchurch at 8:43 a.m. local time on Monday. "Just another reminder that the Christchurch aftershock sequence is still ongoing," New Zealand's GeoNet said on its Twitter account. It ...
Earthquakes occur in New Zealand as the country forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is geologically active. About 20,000 earthquakes, most of them minor, are recorded each year. About 200 of these are strong enough to be felt. As a result, New Zealand has very stringent ...
Wilkinson S, Grant D, Williams E, Paganoni S, Fraser S, Boon D, Mason A, Free M (2013) Observation and implications of damage from the magnitude Mw 6.3 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake of 22 February 2011. Bull Earthq Eng 13(1):1–35...
New Zealand, with a population of 4.7 million, sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes are common. Monday’s quake brought back memories of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Christchurch in 2011 and destroyed much of the down...
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A new reference attenuation model for calculating local magnitude (ML) for New Zealand earthquakes is derived. An earlier reference model, denoted NZ16, was developed in 2016 as a possible alternative to the classical reference model used by GeoNet for earthquakes located by the SeisComP processin...
An interview with Barry Brooker, president of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Educational Leadership and Administration Society (NZEALS) and associate dean at the University of Canterbury, is presented. He relates his experiences during and after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit the ...
WELLINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel on Sunday made an apology to families of the 2011 deadly earthquake victims. Christchurch held a grand memorial ceremony on Saturday in memory of the 185 victims spanning more than 20 nationalities, including 24 Ch...
The mayor and city councilors went immediately to the emergency command center nearby. The center was set up less than five months earlier when a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Christchurch in September 2010 and destroyed more than 100,000 houses with no casualties. ...