Hazardous Earth Christchurch Earthquake Case Study
- Created by: Eleanor_kittle
- Created on: 03-02-19 15:08
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- Christchurch
- 22nd Feb 2011 @ 12.51pm
- Population = 376,700
- 7.1
- GDP per capita $27,000
- Adult literacy rate 99% over 15 years can read/write
- 100% of people have access to clean drinking water
- Liquefaction
- Caused buildings, roads, cars and trees to sink into the ground
- 181 people were killed
- 80 of which from the Christchurch TV building which collapsed
- 2,000 were injured
- 1 in 5 lost jobs because of buildings collapsing/ destroyed
- $40 billion worth of damage needed to repair infrastructure
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