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New Zealand Earthquake: Ring of Fire Impact & Recovery Efforts

Learn about the M7.8 earthquake that struck New Zealand on November 13, 2016, near Christchurch, generating a tsunami, with comparisons to the M7.1 quake in 2010. Explore seismic maps, vulnerabilities of different construction materials, impact assessments, and recovery efforts following the disaster.

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New Zealand Earthquake: Ring of Fire Impact & Recovery Efforts

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  1. RECENT EARTHQUAKES. NEW ZEALAND Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

  2. M7.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALANDNovember 13, 2016

  3. New Zealand is in the southwest Pacific Ocean astride the “ring of fire,” a distinct belt of volcanic and earthquake activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean

  4. LOCATION: ON THE PACIFIC “RING OF FIRE”

  5. To the north of New Zealand and beneath the eastern North Island, the thin, dense, Pacific plate moves down beneath the thicker, lighter Indo-Australian plate in a process known as subduction (i.e., reverse faulting).

  6. RING OF FIRE

  7. CHRISTCHURCH IMPACTED, BUT NOT SEVERELY THIS TIME • The earthquake, which had a shallow focal depth (23 km), struck 86 km north-northeast of Christchurch just after midnight on November 13.

  8. NUMEROUS AFTERSHOCKS; SOME LARGE AND DANGEROUS

  9. A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED • The earthquake generated a tsunami causing a runup of 1-2 meters in some locations.

  10. ONLY 2 DEATHS, SO FAR

  11. CHRISTCHURCH: 185 DEATHS IN 2010 • Christchurch is still recovering from the powerful earthquake that struck much closer to the city in 2010, killing 185 and destroying much of the city.

  12. M7.1 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND A DEEP (33 KM) QUAKE LOCATED 50 KMFROM CHRISTCHURCH STRUCK AT 4:35 AM SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

  13. Within the South Island the plate margin is marked by the Alpine Fault and the plates rub past each other horizontally (i.e., strike-slip)

  14. NEW ZEALAND’S SUBDUCTION ZONE AND ALPINE FAULT

  15. About 20,000 earthquakes (most, but not all are small) are recorded in New Zealand every year as a result of its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire

  16. SEISMICITY MAP: VICINITY OF CHRISTCHURCH

  17. NEW ZEALAND’S CITIES

  18. PROBABILISTIC GROUND SHAKING MAP (CHRISTCHURCH IN YELLOW)

  19. The largest cities within this high risk zone are the nation's capital, Wellington, followed by Hastings then Napier; all of them have experienced damaging earthquakes.

  20. NOTE: The central part of most cities is comprised mainly of old, vulnerable brick and unreinforced masonry buildings, which are highly susceptible to damage.

  21. 35 30 25 UNREINFORCED MASONRY, BRICK OR STONE 20 REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH UNREINFORCED WALLS 15 10 REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH REINFORCEDWALLS STEEL FRAME ALL METAL & WOOD FRAME 5 0 V VI VII VIII IX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS HAVE DIFFERENT VULNERABILITIES TO GROUND SHAKING MEAN DAMAGE RATIO, % OF REPLACEMENT VALUE INTENSITY

  22. EPICENTER: NEAR CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

  23. In Christchurch, a city of 372,000, power and water services were knocked out, facades fell off buildings, homes businesses, and bridges were damaged by strong shaking, fires were ignited, and the Christchurch Airport was closed.

  24. IMPACTSNumerous injuries, but no deaths, largely due to the 4:35 a.m. time of occurrence, NOT BECAUSE the buildings were resilient to the strong ground shaking

  25. DAMAGE: BFORE (TOP) AND AFTER (BOTTOM)

  26. TYPICAL DAMAGE: UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS

  27. DAMAGE: CHRISTCHURCH

  28. DAMAGE TO CARS

  29. DAMAGE: CHRISTCHURCH

  30. POUNDING

  31. FIRE

  32. DAMAGE: CHRISTCHURCH

  33. DAMAGE: CHRISTCHURCH

  34. DAMAGE: MOTORWAY

  35. LOCAL GROUND FAILURE

  36. AFTERSHOCKS OF THE 3 SEPT 2010 QUAKE • Christchurch was hit by hundreds of aftershocks after the M7.1 earthquake of 3 September 2010, which exacerbated damage and added new injuries, but no new deaths.

  37. THE TOLL: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, BUT NO DEATHS • The earthquake (and its aftershocks) caused extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure, but no deaths.

  38. ECONOMIC LOSS: ESTIMATED AT $1.5 billion.

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