Christchurch resident Martin Howman was not shy about detonating 900 pounds of gelignite explosives under the homes of his former neighbors. For a long time he was one of the few people still living ...

Only a handful of proposed sub-divisions around Christchurch have in-depth seismic reports. Several sub-divisions have been given the go ahead under a regional rezoning process called Plan Change 1 ...

Buildings shook and liquefaction bubbled up through the streets in the 6.0 quake, which hit about 2.20pm (12.20 AEST). It followed a 5.5-magnitude quake that hit about 1pm (11.00 AEST) and was centred ...

Soil liquefaction is a ground response during earthquakes in which the ground turns from solid into a fluid medium similar to quicksand and detrimental to structures. The 2010 Canterbury earthquake ...

Professor Cubrinovski was five years old when a massive tremor hit his home city Skopje, in Macedonia, in 1963, causing over ...

Floating on land: this storm drain was pushed up through the road in Christchurch by liquefaction caused by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. (Courtesy: Martin Luff/CC BY-SA 2.0) Contrary to ...

image: Soil liquefaction is a ground response during earthquakes in which the ground turns from solid into a fluid medium similar to quicksand and detrimental to structures. The 2010 Canterbury ...

Sjoerd Van Ballegooy has received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute for his work on liquefaction damage in Christchurch.SUPPLIED / The-Press A team of kiwi ...