However, the charred lift shaft remained, along with a quantity of slabs and other rubble. The National Emergency Management Agency has released the results of the 2020 Colmar & Brunton Disaster Preparedness Survey. Canterbury earthquakes and recovery information (Environment Canterbury), Canterbury earthquakes (Kete Christchurch), Canterbury earthquake for kids (Christchurch City Libraries), Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), Victims of the Quake (Press, Stuff). The atmosphere was sombre and subdued. Where did you put MY city?’…, Then, of course, was the cathedral. He flicked the torch on, and at the same time Paul, who was leading us down the stairs, turned around and told us that we needed to go back up and try to find another way down. The earthquake started at about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east … 5-37), PGC (vol. As in September, most of these people were injured during the primary earthquake, for example by tripping or falling. 1–7, M. Villemure, T.M. [5] â€˜Disaster Victim Identification teams in for the long haul’, NZ Police: http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/27378, [6] The National Christchurch Memorial Service booklet: https://gg.govt.nz/image/tid/350, [7] Christchurch Central Development Unit, 'Canterbury Earthquake Memorial': https://ccdu.govt.nz/projects-and-precincts/canterbury-earthquake-memorial. There are 10 resuscitation bays and 10 monitored bays in our resuscitation area. I grabbed my handbag, mobile phone and keys (running quickly inside to get these, then straight out again) and we [my mother-in-law and I] started walking to school (I could already see that driving would be a stupid idea, as there were cars everywhere). They have been remembered individually at private funerals and through floral tributes at significant sites; collectively in artworks such as Peter Majendie’s 185 Empty White Chairs; with two minutes of silence nationwide; and at public memorial and commemorative services. Among many notable moments during the service, compelling footage of damage in the CBD was screened, the crowd spontaneously applauded the USAR teams, and Prince William conveyed words of wisdom from his grandmother, the Queen: ‘grief is the price we pay for love’.[6]. In the largest earthquakes whole districts can be devastated by the multiple consequences of ground shaking. Each organisation was flooded with 111 calls for help from the CBD and suburbs on top of business as usual – and staff also needed to look to their own families. In a way it was really nice, in light of the news this week about the cathedral’s partial demolition, and the unexpected complicated swirl of emotions that brought up in me, to be able to get close to it and take a picture. As I’m praying, I received a text from William. Meet the NZHistory team, Dust clouds above central Christchurch, 22 February 2011. If we make a mistake we create uncertainty and doubt for everyone. After the incredible noise, silence. The number of international guest nights had declined by just 6% after the September earthquake, but fell by a further third following the February earthquake. A significant proportion of those who died were visitors to the region, some of whom had only been in New Zealand a few days. Liquefaction – ‘a liquid mush’ of soft sand and silt which had wrecked building foundations, ruptured water and sewer pipes and shattered roads, footpaths and driveways in September – struck the city again. The most likely distant tsunami source for Christchurch City is a tsunami generated by an earthquake in Central or South America. 756-63, Stories of resilience and innovation in schools and early childhood services: Canterbury earthquakes 2010–2012 (June 2013)*: 19/06/2013, Education Review Office, 2013, Alastair Suren, The Brigade: earthquake 2011: a tribute to the Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade, Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade, Lyttelton, 2012, Hugh Trengrove, ‘Operation earthquake 2011: Christchurch earthquake disaster victim identification’, The Journal of Forensic Odonto-stomatology, 12/2011, vol. However, as the time approached, we were all instructed to walk down to the CTV site one block away. It was heavenly. It was lucky it was fine…, Over the weekend, a neighbour very generously gave us the loan of his generator, and the building was checked by an engineer and, once the glass roof was removed from above the main door, it was given the all clear…, The first days were difficult. It was a sad day, and a challenging day but I’m glad I did it.https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/526259. It was a lucky dip whether they got through, with mobile, landline and internet networks all affected to varying degrees by power outages, congestion and physical damage. Culture and Society In February 2011, 81 international students and staff from King’s Education were killed in the CTV building. Even preschool children were familiar with a drill known as ‘the turtle’. This page provides information about New Zealand’s tsunami monitoring and detection network. Though smaller than the first quake, and technically part of its aftershock sequence, the February earthquake was more destructive. The 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake (Te Ara), The 2011 Christchurch earthquake (Te Ara), The shaky isles: Canterbury & other quakes (MCH), Wellington and Christchurch's earthquake risk (Te Ara). Those involved in the process explained that they were working as quickly as they could while following international DVI standards. The National Emergency Management Conference will be held on 25-27 May at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, and will include the Conference Dinner on the evening of 26 May. While most came from the east coast of the South Island, there were a number from the west coast and the lower two-thirds of the North Island. As I sat on the sofa, my sensitive ears detected those deepest of bass notes that announce another aftershock, but within less than a second the vibrations had undergone a massive crescendo, and the house began roaring around me. Where was this coming from? The staff were amazing. Why would they text him and not me? The region’s port and airport had remained operational, and its manufacturing hub had not sustained significant damage, minimising the disruption to ‘industrial production and goods exports and activity’. It makes extensive use of contributions to QuakeStories, a website established by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2011. I thought that that aftershock had been a particularly powerful one.https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/526172, We’d had a couple of small seismic rumbles that day; very tiny aftershocks from last September’s Darfield earthquake, or so I thought. 178–80. Johnston and K.P. A further series hit the region on 23 December 2011. I didn’t. Several hundred made their way to official welfare centres at Addington Raceway, Hagley Park and Burnside High School, or to ‘self-activated’ centres in Brooklands, Lyttelton and Akaroa. I wasn’t traumatised. By late evening those still unable to trace their loved ones could report their details, including their last known location, to a dedicated missing persons number (0800 733 276 RED CROSS). The military helped police establish and maintain a cordon around the CBD and, in the following days, moved out to suburban areas to reassure the public. [8] Paul Gee, ‘Getting through together: an emergency physician’s perspective on the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake', Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. Five people died when cliffs collapsed in Redcliffs, Sumner and Lyttelton. Among the many other individuals and groups who offered a range of practical and emotional help were chaplains and churches, embassy and consulate staff, the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission, and the New Zealand Red Cross through its Bereaved Families Programme. Perhaps they felt as Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) squad leader Mike Carter did. I saw my kids – they were looking incredibly traumatised and had been crying a lot. As we slowly went down the stairs between our 15th floor and the 14th floor, one of my colleagues remembered he had a torch in his pocket. Others made their way to triage centres (Spotlight Mall in Sydenham, the Sanitarium factory in Papanui and Latimer Square in the CBD) or the city’s main hospital, which quickly established a relatives’ centre manned by social workers and police. So I started walking over the Bridle path. I saw one tough looking Australian fireman with tears in his eyes. A Canterbury Earthquake Memorial was dedicated on 22 February 2017. [1] Martin van Beynen (ed. The sight of them, faded, ripped and broken in some places really got to me. Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive: Waiata House, 27-29 Lincoln Road, Masterton, 5810. Despite this complication, and hazards that included unsafe and collapsing buildings, no child was seriously injured or killed at a school. In Stories from Dallington (a small suburb beside the Avon River badly affected by liquefaction), Bernice Hall, the practice manager at Gayhurst Medical Centre, describes how they ‘continued to operate under very difficult conditions’ thanks to their ‘team of very dedicated doctors and staff’. Kris, who was in the Forsyth Barr building during the quake, recalls working with colleagues to try to get out, only to discover that the building’s stairwell had collapsed: A group of people from my office banded together. Further liquefaction followed the June and December 2011 aftershocks. 12-18) and other buildings (vol. Other than relaying messages, or lending mobile or analogue phones to those without them, there was little people could do to overcome communication problems except keep trying. Others found that they couldn’t return to buildings where they’d left their keys before the earthquake struck or when evacuating. I went inside to help with the more seriously injured. Others were injured during aftershocks or while cleaning up their properties. We are not going to rush this process and risk causing further pain to grieving families by making a mistake. 2, pp. Then a large aftershock hit and the entire block of houses leapt and bucked in the air and people were screaming in fear and anger. At this time, the bulk of the debris had been removed. Some sectors were hit hard, ‘notably retail, accommodation and hospitality’. The aftershocks were far from over – there were thousands more to come. It also caused damage to more modern buildings – notably the CTV and PGC buildings, the collapse of which resulted in the deaths of 115 and 18 people respectively. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Despite being ‘compromised’, Christchurch Hospital was able to continue to provide care, with the support of other hospital and primary care facilities. Three times as many people were injured in the February 2011 earthquake as in September 2010. (A complete list of the deceased can be found on the New Zealand Police website.). Some contributors to QuakeStories initially thought this was yet another one: At first I thought that it was just another aftershock, but when the power went out and the room felt like someone had picked it up and was bouncing it around, I realized that I needed to get under my desk, which was unfortunately a very thick wooden one. At that stage, little did we know that it was to be with us for the next couple of months. Last Friday three large earthquakes occurred offshore New Zealand –a M7.3 off East Cape at 2:30am, followed by two Kermadec quakes M7.4 and M8.1 several hours later. At the time it was still recovering from the effects of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on 4 September 2010. Business owners trying to get back on their feet were among those who felt that it was too soon for such an event, but thousands turned out for it. The February earthquake and its aftershocks, like the September earthquake and its aftershocks, affected Cantabrians’ well-being in ‘complex and diverse ways’. The risk to Christchurch City This type of tsunami is created by large earthquakes off the coast of southern New Zealand, in the Pacific Islands or across the Pacific Ocean, particularly South America. In his contribution to QuakeStories, Mike recalls taking part in the rescue effort at the CTV site: Our assembly point was Latimer Square – so we had to walk past the CTV site. The emergency lighting had failed in the stairwell, so we could barely see the steps in front of us. Some families voiced criticism of the time it took to name victims. I didn’t believe him. And I just wanted to get home, it was really weird, something familiar, get out of Christchurch, I really wanted to get away from the city. Despite the valuable contribution of volunteers and the NZDF, there was enormous pressure on the city’s dedicated emergency services – Police, Fire Service and St John Ambulance – in the immediate aftermath of the main shock. I kept saying to people, ‘Stay together in a group, and keep looking up, don’t stop. Teachers were sitting and cuddling several children at once, trying to comfort them. The streets were filled with liquefaction and dazed people. There were a couple of guys in trucks that were driving people up the Bridle path and we got offered lifts and I said I can walk up, no problem, give my seat to someone else. Individual businesses also suffered again – whether from damage to stock or buildings, the impact of damage to infrastructure such as roads and utilities, or because of a decline in the demand for their services. Me and Phoebe just stood there in shock wondering what to do next. The shaking got worse but eventually it stopped. ‘Are you ok?’ I was relieved to hear from him. The stairwell had collapsed immediately below the landing at the 14th floor. The epicentre of the 22 February earthquake was within 10 km of Christchurch city, but it was felt strongly throughout Canterbury. I thought, ‘How can I possibly let him know in a text what I’ve just been through and how bad it really is?’ So I just texted, ‘I’m ok. It’s bad. [9] http://www.healthychristchurch.org.nz/media/100697/allrightresearchsummary.pdf. Many who encountered the worst scenes in the CBD, at the Canterbury Television (CTV) and Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) buildings, did whatever they could. I had been expecting to go to that festival and to be coming to that place so many months later and having such a vivid reminder of the way life just stopped so suddenly on that day was quite startling. But on Friday, as more than 32,000 people tried to access Hawke's Bay Civil Defence's tsunami zone maps to check if … The focus is to make accurate identifications. I just packed my things up, came back and the ambulance was waiting for me. Kuniaki Kawahata was deputy director of Toyama College of Foreign Languages, which had students and staff at King’s Education. 'February 2011 Christchurch earthquake', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/february-2011-christchurch-earthquake, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 22-Feb-2021. I can’t get hold of the kids’. In a blog written two days after the quake, Jennifer reflected on the likelihood she would know someone who had died: I’ve heard (either directly or indirectly) from all my close friends and most of my workmates now, so know they’re ok, but I also know the chances are, in a city of only half a million, that all of us will end up knowing someone who is a victim. 4, sn 4, pp. In Burwood Hospital I was on a single level and I had my own room. 3, September 2012, Melissa Parsons, Rubble to resurrection: churches respond in the Canterbury quakes, DayStar Books, Auckland, 2014, S.H. It caused greater devastation in most parts of the region and 185 lives were lost. 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This site is produced by the Research and Publishing Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, ManatÅ« Taonga. This article was written by Imelda Bargas and produced by the NZHistory team. [10] Lois E. Daly, Stories from Dallington: a year of quakes in a Christchurch suburb, Achilles Press, Christchurch, 2010, pp. This is painstaking, exacting work and the reality is very different from how it looks in television programmes such as CSI. In March 2011, Police Superintendent Sam Hoyle asked for ‘patience and understanding’: We are acutely aware that families want their loved ones returned, particularly our guests from overseas, and our teams are working flat out to achieve this. Most serious was the loss of electricity at the region’s only acute-care hospital, Christchurch Hospital. Rossiter, ‘An overview of the impacts of the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015, Pete Seager and Deb Donnell, Responders: the New Zealand volunteer response teams, Christchurch earthquake deployments, Keswin Publishing, Christchurch, 2013, Janet K. Spittlehouse, Peter R. Joyce, Esther Vierck, Philip J. Schluter and John F. Pearson, ‘Ongoing adverse mental health impact of the earthquake sequence in Christchurch, New Zealand’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. I just didn’t like the feeling of the aftershocks. I have several personal reasons for that, but the cathedral feels different. Paul Gee, an emergency department doctor at Christchurch Hospital, mentions some of these issues in his account of the immediate aftermath of the earthquake: When I arrived at the emergency department (ED), it was teeming with casualties from the central business district. In the late afternoon and early evening various officials confirmed that there had been a number of fatalities and injuries, and stated that search and rescue operations to free people trapped in buildings would continue throughout the night. His daughter was among them: I drove home and I was shouting my daughter’s name. As more personnel arrived, we spread around two sides of the block. In 2012, the Reserve Bank concluded that Canterbury’s economy had proved ‘reasonably resilient to the impact of the earthquakes’, and that ‘the spill over to other regions’ had been limited. It was like some giant or maybe King Kong taking hold of the building and shaking it.https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/526330, The world seemed to pick up the building I was in and throw it around... https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/526255, We could hear the almighty rumble as other buildings collapsed, and dust was everywhere. It set the tone for most of the way I felt on the rest of the trip – a strange sense of coming home mixed with a feeling that said, ‘what the hell is this place? We had no formal information on the extent of damage or expected casualties. The bus stopped at three points along the way (the sites of the PGC building, the CTV building and the cathedral) but at the other two I felt like it wasn’t right to take pictures. The hospital disaster response plan was in full activation. The Chief Coroner determined that another four deaths were directly associated with the earthquake. While making a number of recommendations for each service, an independent review of Civil Defence’s Emergency Management response concluded that over the first 24 hours they had coped in a ‘commendable and on many occasions courageous’ fashion with demands that far outstripped their resources. The Press inserted a notice for the colleague they had lost: A special friend and loyal member of our team, Loved and sorely missed by her friends and colleagues at The Press. We helped one colleague search for her cellphone, which she had lost in the panic of diving to get under her desk. [3]. Reception staff had to write all the patient details down as people arrived, find manual forms for things usually done electronically, and the nurses and doctors had to write notes and keep hand-written records for all procedures. He was only saying that to make me feel better. Please help me’. 44, no. They clung to me and we sat down at the edge of the playground to wait for my husband, who’d texted me to say he’d meet me there. Immediately a text came back from him saying ‘The kids are ok’. So too did those who found that their homes completely uninhabitable, and those whose homes now lay inside a police cordon, such as the one around the CBD. A station had been set up outside the ED to deal with minor injuries. Next of kin based overseas had to rely on second-hand information. After the February 2011 earthquake, Auckland Council and the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management jointly reissued the resource as a DVD. 29, no. I thought how could he know that? Search and rescue efforts were eventually scaled back and replaced by the search for and recovery of remains. One elderly man was holding up a photograph, possibly of his daughter. The number of student visas for the Canterbury region dropped by 37% – around 3300 individuals – in 2011. Comments will be reviewed prior to posting. 63, no. Schools had been holding regular earthquake drills since the September quake. All later freed themselves or were rescued. Others abandoned their vehicles en route for this reason, or when they reached damaged infrastructure such as the Ferrymead and Bridge St bridges. 33-47). 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