The Quake measured 7.1 on the rick tore scale and lasted about forty six seconds. The damage to Christchurch buildings and roads is extensive with maybe a hundred thousand buildings damaged in some way. Most roads in the city have bumps and a hollow where there was none before and the underground pipes are badly damaged .It is amazing there was no loss of life.
Here is a painting I did on location a few days after the quake of a very familiar site in the city at the moment.
