6.3 and 5.9 Earthquakes Hit Christchurch New Zealand February 22 2011 - Heavy Damage - Deaths

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#CHCH #EQNZ Quake Update 110

1057 hrs, 09 March 2011


LATEST

• <LI type=disc>At 1251 on Tuesday 8 March, the New Zealand Flag was returned to full mast on all Government and public buildings to mark two weeks since the Christchurch earthquake. For more information visit www.mch.govt.nz<LI type=disc>Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee: Preliminary figure, around 10,000 houses will need to be rebuilt. For more information see the Minister's media release<LI type=disc>The state of national emergency has been extended for another seven days, until midnight Monday 14 March. It is expected that the state of national emergency will continue to be extended for some weeks. See Minister's media release (7 March) <LI type=disc>The number of confirmed fatalities is 166 (at 1030hrs, 8 March). <LI type=disc>New Zealand Police have now (4:30pm March 8) identified 57 people who have died as a result of the earthquake, including foreign citizens. Names have been released on http://www.police.govt.nz/list-deceased<LI type=disc>Approximately 118 people are reported as missing (unaccounted for). This number will include many, or all, of the fatalities (at 1000hrs, 9 March) <LI type=disc>70,520 commercial and residential buildings have been assessed. <LI type=disc>Text messages are being sent out to Christchurch residents to keep them informed on welfare, public safety and useful information <LI type=disc>A total fire ban remains in place across Canterbury. No fire permits will be issued.
• Avoid all rivers, waterways, puddles or other surface water, and beaches between the Waimakariri River and Lyttelton Harbour, due to sewage contamination.

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http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/

 

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New Zealand earthquake boulder sold at auction

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Wednesday, 9 March 2011

A man whose house was smashed by a boulder in the Christchurch earthquake has sold the rock in an online auction for NZ$60,000 (?27,000).
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The cash will be donated to quake victims.

Full text:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...rthquake-boulder-sold-at-auction-2236119.html

 

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2 more Japanese confirmed among quake victims

Japan's Foreign Ministry says 2 Japanese, who had been unaccounted for since last month's major earthquake in New Zealand, have been confirmed dead....

Wednesday, March 09, 2011 13:06 +0900 (JST)
nhk world http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_24.html

 

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Police release eight more names of deceased

9 March, 2011 - 15:04


Police have confirmed the identities of a further eight people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

• Ivy Jane CABUNILAS, 33, of the Philippines
• Rachel Elizabeth CONLEY, 27, of the United States of America
• Dian Mary FALCONER, 54, of Christchurch
• Adam Stephen FISHER, 27, of Belfast, Christchurch
• Marian Isabella McKirdy HILBERS, 49, of Christchurch
• Kelly Lynn MAYNARD, 43, of Christchurch
• Michael Stuart Coulter STYANT, 41, of Christchurch
• Stephen Robert WRIGHT, 46, of Christchurch

[NOTE: Please also note the following clarifications of names previously released]
Susan Patricia CHUTER (not Chuters)
Normand LEE (not Norman)
Philip Graeme Reeve COPPEARD (note first names)

http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/27401.html

 

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Kiwis to farewell 'bubbly' US friend

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Last updated 05:00 10/03/2011

A large crowd is expected in Wellington today to celebrate a "friendly, bubbly, quirky" woman who was killed four days after her 27th birthday.
Police yesterday confirmed that Rachel Elizabeth Conley, from the United States, had died in the Christchurch earthquake. She had been due to fly out of the city on the night of the quake.

She had spent the past year working as a part-time receptionist at Te Whaea: National Dance and Drama Centre in Newtown. Friends will gather there at 5.30pm today to celebrate her life.

Friend and colleague Priscilla Gough said she understood Ms Conley had been walking out of Southern Ink tattoo shop in Colombo St when the building facade and awning had come down on her.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4750470/Kiwis-to-farewell-bubbly-US-friend

 

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Watch the Inside New Zealand earthquake documentary

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 7:00p.m.

In July 1996, TV3 aired an Inside New Zealand documentary called Earthquakes. The documentary revealed concern about the 'fatal flaw' beneath Christchurch. Fault lines - spongy soil and liquefaction...

http://www.3news.co.nz/Watch-the-In...ntary/tabid/817/articleID/201813/Default.aspx

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTy6ogLDX8&feature=player_embedded

 

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Most of the international crews heading home

Updated at 9:46 am today

Most of the international search and rescue crews helping in Christchurch are heading home.

The Fire Service's assistant national commander, Russell Wood, says the United States team left on Thursday and the Singaporean, Japanese and Chinese crews will head home this weekend.
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He says Australian searchers will stay to help next week and the US crew has left equipment behind.

Full text:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/cante.../most-of-the-international-crews-heading-home

 

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Police confirm latest 12 names of deceased


10 March, 2011 - 20:11

Police have this evening confirmed the identities of a further 12 people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

They are:

Dr Husam Sabar AL-ANI, 55, of Christchurch (a NZ citizen from Iraq)
Jane-Marie ALBERTS, 44, of Christchurch
Andrew James Llewellyn BISHOP, 33, of Christchurch
Beverley Faye KENNEDY, 60, of Christchurch
Kyoko KAWAHATA, 20, of Japan
Philip John McDONALD, 57, of Ashburton
Deborah Ann ROBERTS, 39, of Christchurch
Emma SHAHARUDIN, 35, of Lincoln, Christchurch
Christine Patricia (Trish) STEPHENSON, 61, of Christchurch
Lesley Jane THOMSON, 55, of Christchurch
Amanda Jayne (Mandy) URIAO, 38, of Christchurch
Julie Kathryn WONG, 37, of Christchurch (dual UK and NZ citizenship)

http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/27418.html

 

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N.Zealand issues tsunami warning after Japan quake

AFP March 11, 2011, 8:29 pm http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/...and-issues-tsunami-warning-after-japan-quake/


WELLINGTON, March 11, 2011 (AFP) - - New Zealand civil defence officials issued a tsunami warning for the country on Friday and warned people to stay clear of beaches following a massive earthquake in Japan.
"A tsunami marine warning is in effect for New Zealand," New Zealand Civil Defence said in a bulletin, adding that no threat to land was expected when the tsunami arrives at around 6:23am (1723 GMT).
"Historical events and pre-calculated tsunami models indicate that the largest effects (less than one metre wave height at the coastline) is expected along the coasts of the central and northern North Island," it said.
The agency said a marine tsunami threat meant that "strong and unusual" currents were possible in the sea, river mouths and estuaries and that unusual waves may be sighted at beaches.
Residents of coastal areas were warned to stay off beaches and out of the water as the waves generated by the 8.9 quake in Japan approached.

 

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Japan quake team heads home from NZ

Updated Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:08pm AEDT

Search and rescue teams from Christchurch will be sent to Japan. (Getty: Sarah Ivey/Pool)

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Members of a Japanese earthquake response team working in the New Zealand city of Christchurch are preparing to return home to deal with the crisis in their own country.

New Zealand says it will send one of its own urban search and rescue teams to Japan, with six staff to leave on Saturday night and another 42 expected to follow later.

So far Japanese authorities have only requested assistance from the United States, Britain, New Zealand and Australia.

Japan sent 66 search and rescue workers to Christchurch after last month's earthquake, and New Zealand prime minister John Key says his country is honoured to return the favour.

"I think when the Japanese team came and worked alongside them in Christchurch, they saw first-hand just how good our people are," he said.

"I think it's a feather in their cap that despite the fact that we're dealing with a massive earthquake in Christchurch, the Japanese have turned to New Zealand and asked us for support.

"We obviously want to give that support to the people of Japan. They've been very kind and generous to us."

More...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/12/3162380.htm

 

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The story above reflects the magnitude of this crisis very clearly and profoundly.

 

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Christchurch to take population hit

"Following the February 22 earthquake, it is inevitable that some residents will decide to leave permanently," they said today in a market focus report.

"We estimate that Christchurch could possibly lose up to 4 percent of its population permanently in the first year, via emigration to elsewhere in the country or overseas, and a reduction in immigration, if overseas patterns are followed".

... The economists said there were reports that as many as 65,000 Christchurch residents - or 17 percent of the city population - had left the city following the February 22 earthquake.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/4767011/Christchurch-to-take-population-hit


Christchurch schools open as refugees return home

Christchurch is getting ready for the return of up to 60,000 residents who fled the city after the February 22 earthquake.

It is expected that 110 schools will reopen this morning, a major reason to anticipate the return of refugees.

By the end of the week 143 schools - 88 per cent of the city's total - will be open.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10712254

 

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Police confirm 14 additional names of deceased

11 March, 2011 - 15:15

Police have today confirmed the identities of a further 14 people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

Nina Jane BISHOP, 32, of Christchurch
Patrick John COUPE, 46, of Christchurch
Joanne May GILES, 60, of Christchurch
Yumiko HATA, 29 (female), of Japan
Amanda Jane HOOPER, 30, of Rolleston, Christchurch
Megumi HORITA, 19 (female), of Japan
Haruki HYAKUMAN, 27 (male), of Japan
Yasuhiro KITAGAWA, 39 (male), of Japan
Xia LI, 42 (female), of China
Phimphorn LIANGCHUEA, 41 (female), of Thailand
Donna Merrie MANNING, 43, of Christchurch
Blair James O'CONNOR, 34, of Christchurch
Asuka TSUCHIHASHI, 28 (female), of Japan
Hui ZHANG, 34 (female), of China
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Six additional names of deceased confirmed

11 March, 2011 - 19:55

Police have this evening confirmed the identities of a further six people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

Yu CAI, 31 (female), of China
Samuel Reese GIBB, 27, of Christchurch
Janet Dawn MELLER, 58, of Christchurch
Linda Rosemary PARKER, 50, of Christchurch
Beverley May STICK, 71, of Christchurch
Earl Nicholas STICK, 78, of Christchurch

This brings the total number of names released to 103.
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10 additional names of deceased confirmed

12 March, 2011 - 17:19

Police have this afternoon confirmed the identities of a further 10 people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

Rhys Frank BROOKBANKS, 25, of Christchurch
John Barry CRAIG (known as Barry), 67, of Christchurch
Jennifer Ann Donaldson, 55, of Christchurch
Toshiko IMAOKA, 34 (female), of Japan
Thanydha INTARANGKUN, 36 (female), of Thailand
Wanpen PREEKLANG, 45 (female), of Thailand
Gillian SAYERS, 43, of Christchurch (UK citizen)
Isaac James THOMPSON, 21, of Rangiora
Paul Khye Soon WU, 60, of Christchurch (NZ citizen from Malaysia)
Mina YAMATANI, 19 (female), of Japan

This brings the total number of names released to 113
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Four more names released in Christchurch Earthquake

13 March, 2011 - 16:52

Police have this afternoon confirmed the identities of a further four people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

They are:

Siwen HUO, 28 (female) of China
Kayo KANAMARU, 19 (female) of Japan
Erica Avir Reyes NORA, 20 (female) of Phillipines
Caiying YE, 27 (female) of China

This brings the total number of names released to 117.
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Further names released in Christchurch earthquake

14 March, 2011 - 15:20

Police have this afternoon confirmed the identities of a further six people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

They are:

Lalaine Collado AGATEP, 38 (female), from the Philippines
Carey Stuart BIRD, 48, a NZ citizen resident in Australia
Miki HAYASAKA, 37 female), from Japan
Yuko HIRABAYASHI, 28 (female), from Japan
Hifumi HOSHIBA, 41 (female), from Japan
Kyle Brandon JACK-MIDGLEY, 27, from Christchurch

This brings the total number of names released to 123.
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Further names released in Christchurch earthquake

15 March, 2011 - 14:56

Police have this afternoon confirmed the identities of a further six people who died in the Christchurch earthquake.

They are:

Marina ARAI, 19 (female), of Japan
Valquin Descalsota BENSURTO, 23 (male), of the Philippines
Adrienne MEREDITH, 36, of Christchurch
Yoko SUZUKI, 31 (female), of Japan
Tao WANG, 29 (female), of China
Didem YAMAN, 31 (female), of Turkey

This brings the total number of names released to 129.
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http://www.police.govt.nz/christchurch-earthquake

 

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Ceremonial blessing of sites a time for grief and healing








15 March, 2011 - 14:34

Christchurch Police say a ceremonial blessing of sites where people died in the 22 February earthquake is another step in helping residents, communities and families of victims come to terms with the tragic loss of life.

Local kaumatua and a police chaplain have today [Tuesday 15 March] completed blessing ceremonies at more than 20 locations around the CBD and wider city.

Rev Jim Patrick, police chaplain, says the saying of prayers over the sites is an important step towards closure for many people affected by the earthquake.

"This is an acknowledgement of the intense spiritual impact of the tragedy on so many people - families of the deceased, emergency services workers, residents and the wider city," he says.

"The blessing helps us to accept what has happened, to grieve, to commend the deceased to God and to begin to move on."

Police kaumatua, Rev Maurice Gray, says the blessing included a lifting of the tapu on each site where people had died, along with the sprinkling of water and laying of pare kawakawa - branches which symbolise life being brought to the place of death.

"This is part of the ongoing recognition of the spiritual needs of all those families and communities affected by the tragedy.

"We are especially conscious that international families have entrusted the spiritual care of their loved ones to us. In these blessings we acknowledge the reality of our grief, but also bring the light of life to these places," he says.
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http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/27479.html

 

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Earthquake information paper looks at earthquake prediction and future earthquake risks for Christchurch and New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC11...tion-paper-looks-at-earthquake-prediction.htm

The Prime Minister?s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, and the Royal Society of New Zealand have been working with the New Zealand science community to help with public understanding about earthquake prediction and future earthquake risks for Christchurch and New Zealand as a whole. Together, they have released an information paper earlier today. ...

The information paper provides details about earthquake prediction, the science of earthquakes, likely future activity, and the current and future science effort.

Experts contributing to the paper included:
? Professor Tim Stern, Professor of Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington
? Dr Kelvin Berryman, Principal Scientist, Manager, Natural Hazards Research Platform, GNS Science
? Professor Kevin Furlong, Geodynamics Research Group, Geosciences Penn State
? Dr Mark Quigley, Senior Lecturer in Active Tectonics and Geomorphology Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury
? Associate Professor John Townend, EQC Fellow in Seismic Studies, School of Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington.
? Dr Terry Webb, General Manager, Natural Hazards, GNS Science
? Dr Matt Gerstenberger, Seismologist, GNS Science
? Dr Alex Malahoff, Chief Executive , GNS Science

To read a copy of Sir Peter?s opening statement at the press conference, please click here.
To read the information paper:
Copies of the information paper can be found on the websites of the Office of the Prime Minister?s Science Advisory Committee www.pmcsa.org.nz, and the Royal Society of New Zealand www.royalsociety.org.nz.

 

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Hi Sally: That is so good to know! Quake prediction is such a new technological tool and we'd all love to learn more about progress in such matters. Thanks so much for letting us down here in Christchurch hear about this ))

 

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Factors combined to intensify Chch quake - GNS

Published: 11:06AM Friday March 18, 2011 Source: ONE News


An unusual combination of at least four seismic effects caused last month's deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, scientists have found.


GNS Science said the intense shaking in Christchurch was caused by the high amount of energy released in the rupture of the fault, the direction that energy was released -towards the city, a recently discovered trampoline-like interaction between geological layers under the city, and the close proximity of the earthquake to the city.

The ground accelerations in Christchurch, the largest ever recorded for a New Zealand earthquake, were as much as four times higher than the highest accelerations measured in last Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the east coast of Japan, GNS Science says.

The largest ground accelerations in Christchurch during the February 22 quake were more than twice the acceleration due to gravity.

Seismologists have calculated that the energy released in Christchurch was equivalent to a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.

GNS Science Seismologist, Bill Fry, said it was the acceleration that caused the 'jolting' feeling people experienced during an earthquake.


"A Formula 1 racing car accelerates on average at less than twice the force due to gravity, and during the magnitude 9.0 'mega-quake' off Japan's east coast last Friday, peak ground acceleration was recorded at only about 0.53 the strength of gravity, or less than one quarter that recorded in Christchurch," Fry said.

Faults failed

The faults that failed in both the September magnitude 7.1 and February magnitude 6.3 Christchurch quakes were very strong, with high amounts of friction holding the two sides together, Fry said.

"When a 'strong' fault breaks, it releases more energy than an equal-sized 'weak' fault would. Think about the difference between breaking a 1cm-thick sheet of styrofoam and a 1cm-thick sheet of plywood, and the amount of jarring you would feel in your hands.

"The Canterbury crust is analogous to the plywood, but most earthquakes are more like breaking the styrofoam."

In addition, seismologists have discovered that the earthquake rupture was faster than most earthquakes of this magnitude.

"In fact, the rupture travelled at about the same speed as some of the waves that were generated by it," Fry said.

This implies that as the waves from the first second or so of the rupture were travelling toward Christchurch, new energy was being released during the next couple of seconds, and these were added together to make the shaking particularly 'punchy'.

This resulted in something compared to the supersonic boom of a jet aircraft, he said.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/factors-combined-intensify-chch-quake-gns-4071578

 

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Uplifting video montage ends memorial service
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 3:38p.m.

An estimated 100,000 people gathered in Hagley Park today for the National Christchurch Memorial Service.

The crowd was treated to speeches from local and national political figures, religious leaders and visiting royalty.

While the service was filled with much sadness it finished with an uplifting video montage of the rescue efforts in the minutes, hours and days following the quake.

Watch the full video.

3 News http://www.3news.co.nz/Thousands-pa...orial/tabid/309/articleID/203014/Default.aspx

 

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from #197 above:

In addition, seismologists have discovered that the earthquake rupture was faster than most earthquakes of this magnitude.

"In fact, the rupture travelled at about the same speed as some of the waves that were generated by it," Fry said.

This implies that as the waves from the first second or so of the rupture were travelling toward Christchurch, new energy was being released during the next couple of seconds, and these were added together to make the shaking particularly 'punchy'.

This resulted in something compared to the supersonic boom of a jet aircraft, he said.

How interesting.

I also like the first part about there being "trampoline-like" energy under Christchurch.

How do they figure all this out?

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[Sally Furniss]

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from #197 above:



How interesting.

I also like the first part about there being "trampoline-like" energy under Christchurch.

How do they figure all this out?

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According to GNS Science, four factors caused the intense shaking from the Port Hills fault earthquake; the energy released in the fault's rupture, the direction it was released, the "trampoline effect" between layers of sediment and the proximity of the fault to the city. More here