Earthquake

The magnitude of the quake reached to 7.1 that shook Christchurch at 4:35am on the 4th of September 2010. Five months later on the 22nd of February 2011 12.51pm an after shock had struck the city. The magnitude was 6.3 though the magnitude of o.8 was lower, many of houses and buildings have been  damaged. In the city centre twenty two people was buried under the cathedral. In September after the earthquake erupted only a few people got injured. The February earthquake was unusually destructive the February quake was a fault that is only 6 kilometers southeast of Christchurch. The ground shook more violently in the February quake because the earthquake was more shallower than the September quake. In February 2011 earthquake there was far more damaged that caused liquefaction particularly in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch.

By: Amanda