Christchurch CBD, New Zealand - 23/04/2011 PART 2

Looking east down Worcester Boulevard towards Cathedral Square. The Cathedral lost its spire in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. 122 years earlier in 1888, the Hope Fault in north Canterbury ruptured in a magnitude 7.0-7.3 earthquake, which caused the Cathedral spire to topple as well. It needs to be remembered no building codes for earthquake reinforcing existed then.
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Recorded on 23 April 2011.

On 04 September 2010 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred 40km from Christchurch, New Zealand, struck the city causing widespread damage. However it caused no loss of life and after 3 weeks much of the Central Business District had reopened.

On 22 February 2011, a very destructive and deadly magnitude 6.3 aftershock occurred 6km from the CBD and 5 kilometres deep at 1251hrs local time. At this point in time the death toll stands at about 180 people. The entire CBD bordered by the Four Avenues (named after key settlers in Canterbury province) - Deans, Bealey, Fitzgerald and Moorhouse - was cordoned off, with the cordon enforced by New Zealand military and police personnel, Australian police and Singaporean army personnel.

With aftershocks starting to - HOPEFULLY - taper off, and the most dangerous buildings start to get demolished, the public are being granted access to parts of the city.

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• 22 February 2011