Preface to the Focused Issue on the 22 February 2011 Magnitude 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake
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Abstract
The 22 February 2011 magnitude 6.2 Christchurch earthquake, centered southeast of Christchurch, was part of the aftershock sequence that has been occurring since the September 2010 magnitude 7.1 quake near Darfield, 40 km west of the city. The Christchurch earthquake killed more than 180 people, damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 buildings, and is New Zealand's most deadly disaster since the earthquake that struck the Napier and Hastings area on 3 February 1931.
This special focused issue of Seismological Research Letters, which I had the fortune to edit, contains a selected set of 19 original technical papers. These papers cover different aspects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake from seismological, geodetic, geological, and engineering perspectives.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Preface to the Focused Issue on the 22 February 2011 Magnitude 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake |
| Series title | Seismological Research Letters |
| DOI | 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.765 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 765 |
| Last page | 766 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Christchurch |
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