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On September 3, 2010 at 16:35 UTC (Saturday, September 4 at 04:35 Local Time) a M7.1 earthquake struck the east of the South Island in NZ. The epicentre was located approximately 40 km west of the Christchurch CBD, at a depth of 10km. The epicentre was close to the town of Darfield.

Location and isoseismal maps from Geonet are presented below.

Earthquake location map Isoseismal map

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Steel Building Damage from the Christchurch Earthquake of February 22 By Charles Clifton, On 02/04/11 00:06

by Michel Bruneau 1 , Charles Clifton 2 , Greg MacRae 3 , Roberto Leon 4 , and Alistair Fussell 5 1 Professor, Dept. of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University

4 WEEKS ON : PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH 22 FEB 2011 6.3MW EARTHQUAKE By Weng Yuen Kam, On 01/04/11 02:35

4 Weeks on : Preliminary Reconnaissance REPORT FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH 22 Feb 2011 6.3M w Earthquake Weng Y Kam [1] , Umut Akguzel [2] , Stefano Pampanin [3]

Liquefaction Map - Drive-through Reconnaissance By Misko Cubrinovski, On 15/03/11 22:05

The presented map resulted from a drive-through reconnaissance conducted in the period 23 February – 1 March 2011. Authors: Misko Cubrinovski and Merrick Taylor (University of Canterbury), with

Contact Info By Weng Yuen Kam, On 10/03/11 00:41

Research / Structural Interests: Reinforced concrete (RC) structures, pre-1970s non-ductile RC buildings, seismic retrofit of RC, RCM and URM buildings, pre-stressed / precast concrete

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Date	Time	Title	Type

22/09/10	18:00 – 20:00	Canterbury Structural Group Forum	Meeting	Export
28/09/10	18:00 – 20:00	NZGS-NZSEE Special Meeting	Meeting	Export
06/10/10	18:00 – 20:00	Canterbury Structural Group Forum 2	Meeting	Export
19/10/10	11:45 – 13:45	EERI, PEER, GEER Briefing @ UC Berkeley	Meeting	Export
20/10/10	18:00 – 19:00	Combined NZGS NZSEE CSG Forum	Meeting	Export

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