Car crushed by falling rubble on Lichfield Street, Christchurch. Although no deaths were caused directly by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake of 4 September 2010, damage to buildings and personal property was considerable.
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September 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake
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