An epicentral earthquake are not
While the earthquake is shallow earthquakes, but the relative concentration of the urban population have tens of kilometers from the epicenter, epicentral earthquake not likely to cause heavy casualties.
2. The world leader in isolation technology.
Isolation Technology New Zealand lead the world. Researchers as early as the late 60s in the 20th century the early 70s had specially made rubber pad for base isolation. Currently, New Zealand in a number of important buildings and bridges are used structural damping device isolation. For example: Parliament Building, the Cabinet office and the Ministry of leaded rubber pads are used to separate the building body and foundation beams. Earthquake occurs, the isolation device can effectively reduce earthquake damage.
3. Promotion Light Frame Construction
Building Research Association of New Zealand is the agency specializes in seismic construction, designed a large glass of light wood frame construction does not cost more than the residents can be widely accepted, and this excellent seismic performance of buildings in 1987, magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the South Island be fully proven. Then, in the New Zealand Government's vigorous advocacy, light wood frame construction methods to be full extension, the current New Zealand and the multi-storey low-rise residential buildings mainly in this way.
Practice has proved that the quality of light wooden structure of its own light, high strength characteristics, showed good seismic performance, the maximum earthquake can avoid huge losses of life and property. New Zealand Government to strengthen legislation in housing construction, strict quality control.
4. Staff of a disaster manual
New Zealand's earthquake insurance system known as the world's most successful one disaster insurance system, whose main characteristic is the establishment of national legal form to their own system of multi-channel spread catastrophic risk, to government and the market as far as possible ways of combining spread catastrophic risk.
Government attaches importance to the citizens of disaster prevention, mitigation education. Over the years, New Zealand Ministry of National Defence will publish specific disaster prevention publicity materials, which include identification of hazards, prevention, and how self-help, mutual help, etc., all citizens of a staff.
5. Attention to natural disasters
New Zealand Government attaches importance to the work of disaster prevention, disaster prevention to be effective. Government to implement the integrated management of natural disasters, specifically the establishment of the government civil defense department, from the central government to regional, local governments set up disaster prevention and mitigation agencies. The event of major natural disasters, national, state of emergency.
6. Low population density
Christchurch City, although New Zealand's second largest city, about 40 million people, but the population density is relatively low, residents are living in a two-story house, so the collapse of the housing staff to be less detrimental.
Neighbors talking and laughing and relaxed atmosphere
Although the violent earthquake, but in general not be a problem. Due to severe earthquake shaking lasted about 30 seconds to hear the voice of something out, was awakened by the Li Linghao then dressed out. The way the neighbors can see wearing pajamas and a passing police car ambulance fire engine. The houses are collapsed, as are all relatively safe wooden structure; only brick houses downtown seen some signs of damage, and the problems are mostly the old houses.
Christchurch for the tourist city, with the aftershocks gradually subsided, many tourists started shooting in the residence around the house and smashed the collapse of the car. Local residents are also small groups in their own house and friends talking and laughing, and the atmosphere "easier."
Earthquake has hit New Zealand in the Pacific volcanic seismic belt, is earthquake-prone countries, with an average size of earthquakes occur each year nearly 3,000 times.
The history of New Zealand Zengyin earthquake seriously affected, and in 1931 took place in the North Island Napier's magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred in 1942 and Wellington regions magnitude 7.2 earthquake, were causing many casualties and serious damage to buildings.