Tasman Glacier
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Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.
Upper half of the Tasman Glacier
Lower Tasman Glacier
Tasman Glacier terminal face
2011 Christchurch earthquake
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A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time. The Mw 6.2 earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres south-e
Tasman Glacier
…mi) long, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, and 245 metres (804 ft) deep. A large calving event was possibly triggered, or at least contributed to, by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011. On this day 30 to 40 million metric tons (33 to 44 million short tons) of ice dropped from the terminal face of the Tasman Glacier…
Damaged Catholic cathedral two months after the earthquake
Results of liquefaction; the fine washed-up sand solidifies after the water has run off
Liquefaction adjacent to the Avon River / Ōtākaro caused lateral spread in Fitzgerald Avenue, causing severe damage.
115 bodies were recovered from the CTV Building, which collapsed during the quake.