The Mw 6.2 Christchurch earthquake of February 2011: Preliminary report

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-90

  Kaiser, A ^a   Holden, C ^a   Beavan, J ^a   Beetham, D ^a   Benites, R ^a   Celentano, A ^b   Collett, D ^c   Cousins, J ^a   Cubrinovski, M ^d   Dellow, G ^a   Denys, P ^e   Ficlding, E ^f   Fry, B ^a   Gerstenberger, M ^a   Langridge, R ^a   Massey, C ^a   Motagh, M ^g   Pondard, N ^a   McVerry, G ^a   Ristau, J ^a   Stirling, M ^a   Thomas, J ^c   Uma, S R ^a   Zhao, J ^a   more..

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b E GEOS/ASI CGS   (Italy)

^c Land Information New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canterbury earthquake sequence; Christchurch earthquake; Earthquake source model; Landslides; Liquefaction; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRONG MOTION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; HAWKES BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84863392269     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2011.641182     Document Type: Review

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