Christchurch Earthquake, N.Z., 2011 (Topical Term)
- Canterbury Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
- Lyttelton Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
- Broader heading: Earthquakes New Zealand
Work cat.: Christchurch earthquake : an overview, via WWW, Mar. 18, 2011.
Christchurch Earthquake appeal WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011.
GeoNet WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011: news, Feb. 22, 2011 (Christchurch badly damaged by magnitude 6.3 earthquake; a National State of Emergency has been declared; seismologically classed as an aftershock [of the 2010] Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake. Location, within 5 km of Lyttelton, within 5 km of Diamond Harbour, 10 km south-east of Christchurch; NZ daylight time, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at 12.51 pm; lat.: 43⁰60ʹS, long.: 172⁰71ʹE; focal depth 5 km.)
Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011: 2011 Christchurch earthquake (also known as the 2011 Canterbury earthquake and the Lyttelton earthquake; max. intensity: MM VIII; peak ground acceleration: 1.88g (city); 2.2g (epicentre); tsunami: 3.5 (11 ft.) tsunami waves in Tasman Lake, following quake-triggered glacier calving from Tasman Glacier; landslides: Sumner and Redcliffs; casualties: 166 confirmed dead and 200 missing [as at] 7 Mar., 1500-2000 injured, 164 seriously; analysts est. the earthquake could cost insurers US $12 billion (NZ 16 billion))