Christchurch Earthquakes (KE)
First Christchurch Earthquake
cost $25 billion
22nd February 2011
12:51pm
6.3 magnitude
185 killed and thousands injured
5km deep
centred 10km southeast of the centre of Christchurch
Second Christchurch Earthquake
rural area
only a few small towns
14th November 2016
midnight
7.8 magnitude
23km deep
cost $3 billion
large aftershocks
over 4 were 6.1 magnitude or higher
cracks in roads and houses
over 1000 central city buildings + 10,000 homes destroyed