Local Scale Event - Christchurch Earthquake 2010

Question 1

Key information

Answer 1

Principle event struck on 4th September 2010

Earthquakes epicentre located 40 kilometres West of Christchurch

Focus was 5 kilometres beneath the surface

Earthquakes occur along a conservative margin between the Pacific plate and the Australasian plate

Question 2

Primary impacts

Answer 2

185 people killed

3000 people injured

100,000 properties damaged

Liquefaction destroyed many roads and buildings

Question 3

Secondary impacts

Answer 3

5 Rugby World Cup matches cancelled

Schools were closed for two weeks

Estimated 50 to 100 years for New Zealand’s economy to recover

80% of respondents to opposed event survey stated that their lives had changed significantly since the earthquake

Question 4

Short term responses

Answer 4

$6-7million of international aid was provided

Red Cross supplied aid workers

300 Australian police officers flew to Christchurch three days after the earthquake

Question 5

Long term responses

Answer 5

Construction of around 10,000 affordable homes

Water and sewage restored by August 2011

Save the Children provided support

Created the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority