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4 September 2010 4.35am NZT Magnitude 7.1 Depth 11km Epicentre around 40km west of Christchurch

4 September 2010 4.35am NZT Magnitude 7.1 Depth 11km Epicentre around 40km west of Christchurch Human toll: 0 deaths, 2 serious injuries Estimated financial cost: approx. NZ $4 billion. B. *. A. C. * M 7.1 epicentre. A = Highfield Road, B = Homebush, C = Halswell Rd.

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4 September 2010 4.35am NZT Magnitude 7.1 Depth 11km Epicentre around 40km west of Christchurch

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  1. 4 September 2010 4.35am NZT Magnitude 7.1 Depth 11km Epicentre around 40km west of Christchurch Human toll: 0 deaths, 2 serious injuries Estimated financial cost: approx. NZ $4 billion

  2. B * A C * M 7.1 epicentre A = Highfield Road, B = Homebush, C = Halswell Rd www.geonet. … /var/storage/images/media/images/news/2010/map_of_fault_20100912/44957-3-eng-GB/map_of_fault_20100912.jpg

  3. Fault displacement at Highfield Rd photo V Wood

  4. Homebush homestead (W of Darfield) APN/The Star, Earthquake - September 4, 2010

  5. Liquefaction - under extreme shaking, water stops binding fine sand particles(get a slurry of fine sand / silt) - under compression, excess water (carrying fine sand / silt with it) explodes through soil surface in ‘sand volcanoes’ Liquefaction by Halswell Rd - photo A Wood

  6. B A Buckled Avonside footbridge, and Kaiapoi house affected by lateral slumping APN/The Star, Earthquake - September 4, 2010

  7. C,D St Peter’s Church, Riccarton - photo V Wood Inside the James Hight Library, University of Canterbury - photo [UC] Chronicle 24 Sept 2010

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