2011 - 2011 (0 years)
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| 1 | 2011 | - 22 Feb 2011: Christchurch Earthquake
The Christchurch Earthquake occurred at 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, magnitude 6.3, causing severe damage in Christchurch and Lyttelton, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand. The earthquake struck at lunchtime, when many people were on the city streets. More than 130 people lost their lives in the collapse of the Canterbury Television and Pyne Gould Corporation buildings. Falling bricks and masonry killed 11 people, and eight died in two city buses crushed by crumbling walls. Rock cliffs collapsed in the Sumner and Redcliffs area, and boulders tumbled down the Port Hills, with five people killed by falling rocks.
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