Journal article
Geotechnical reconnaissance of the 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake
M Cubrinovski, RA Green, J Allen, S Ashford, E Bowman, undefined Brendon, undefined Bradley, B Cox, T Hutchinson, E Kavazanjian, R Orense, M Pender, M Quigley, L Wotherspoon
Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering | Published : 2010
Abstract
On 4 September 2010, a magnitude Mw 7.1 earthquake struck the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the Darfield area about 40 km west of the city of Christchurch. Extensive damage was inflicted to lifelines and residential houses due to widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading in areas close to major streams, rivers and wetlands throughout Christchurch and Kaiapoi. Unreinforced masonry buildings also suffered extensive damage throughout the region. Despite the severe damage to infrastructure and residential houses, fortunately, no deaths occurred and only two injuries were reported in this earthquake. From an engineering vi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Primary support for the GEER participants in this work was provided from grants from the U.S. National Science Foundations (NSF) as part of the Geo-engineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Association activity through an NSF RAPID GRANT and CMMI-00323914. The GEER team reconnaissance was performed in coordination with teams from EERI and PEER. Primary support for the New Zealand participants was provided by the University of Canterbury and University of Auckland. The Japanese participants were partially supported by the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS). The University of Canterbury geotechnical group is particularly grateful to Prof. Susumu Yasuda, Tokyo Denki University, Japan, and JGS reconnaissance members for quickly arranging the SWS gear and making it available for continuous testing in the area affected by the earthquake.