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Scoop Feedback: Pictures of the Christchurch Quake
What follows is a collection of photographs and accounts from Scoop readers in Christchurch.
Photo essay sent to Scoop by Cara des Landes
Thanks to Toby Vincent for the following three images of the Christchurch City:
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Thanks to Scoop Reader Elliot Smith for the following comment:
"The scale of the destruction is impressive. I'm not sure that the damage would have been so severe, had the same quake hit a city like Wellington. Because earthquakes of this magnitude are rare in Christchurch, the standard of construction is inferior. The brick buildings have just crumbled."
Wilmer St. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder
Corner Salisbury and Madras. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder
Wrecked shop facades, Inner city ChCh. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder
Birch St, New Brighton. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder
Stuck on Birch St, New Brighton. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder
Rubble in Chrischurch CBD. Photo: Emily Hartley-Skudder.
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