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On This Day, Feb. 22: Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake Kills 185

The memorial honors the 185 victims with a bell toll, name reading, and public floral tributes, while the former red zone land has been transformed into parkland.

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On Feb. 22, 2011, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake severely damaged Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city, killing 185 people and injuring up to 2,000.

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On 22 February 2011, the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was ravaged by an earthquake of magnitude 6.3. Fifteen years later, its inhabitants paid tribute to the victims in front of the memorial in the heart of a transformed urban landscape, now considered a model of parasimic architecture.

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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
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