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43°21′35″2010 EQ0 27 km2011 EQKaiapoiWaimakariri RiverAvon RiverCity CentreBexleyHeathcote RiverPort Hills2011 EQEpicentreBanks Peninsula43°39′18″172° 26′23″172°55′40″▲▲Figure 1. Map of Christchurch region highlighting relevant geographical information.addition, clay and volcanic rock are present near Christchurchfrom the Port Hills slopes of Banks Peninsula.The city of Christchurch is located at the east coast of theCanterbury Plains adjacent to an extinct volcanic complexforming Banks Peninsula. A map of Christchurch CBD andits environs is shown in Figure 1. Most of the city was mainlyswamp behind sand dunes, and estuaries and lagoons that havenow been drained (Brown et al. 1995). The surface geology ofthe greater Christchurch area consists of predominantly recentHolocene (

(A)(B)▲▲Figure 2. A) Simplified geology of Christchurch region. B) Simplified soil strata along cross-section A-A’ (modified from Brown andWeeber 1992).43°27′36″SWSDallington - 1CBGSCHHCREHSCCCCSHLCPRPCSWSDallington - 2HPSCSWSBexley - 1SWSBexley - 2CMHSHVSCLPCC43°37′01″172° 30′10″172°47′41″▲ ▲ Figure 3. Location of strong-motion sites near the city of Christchurch (after GeoNet Web site, http://magma.geonet.org.nz/delta/app?service=page/Home). Also shown are the locations of Swedish weight sounding (SWS) tests.Seismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 907

(A)(B)▲▲Figure 2. A) Simplified geology of Christchurch region. B) Simplified soil strata along cross-section A-A’ (modified from Brown andWeeber 1992).43°27′36″SWSDallington - 1CBGSCHHCREHSCCCCSHLCPRPCSWSDallington - 2HPSCSWSBexley - 1SWSBexley - 2CMHSHVSCLPCC43°37′01″172° 30′10″172°47′41″▲ ▲ Figure 3. Location of strong-motion sites near the city of Christchurch (after GeoNet Web site, http://magma.geonet.org.nz/delta/app?service=page/Home). Also shown are the locations of Swedish weight sounding (SWS) tests.Seismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 907

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