Christchurch Webcam Zealand Earthquake
Live web cam feed at Cathedral Square in the centre of Christchurch, as 7.0 Richter scale magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand’s South Island, 4 September 2010
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off New Zealand’s South Island, the US Geological Survey has said. Police said there had been widespread damage to buildings and roads as well as power cuts. This webcam view is live in the centre of Christchurch.
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country’s second-largest urban area. It lies one third of the way down the South Island’s east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch.
The city was named by the Canterbury Association, which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury. The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who had attended Christ Church, Oxford. Some early writers called the town Christ Church, but it was recorded as Christchurch in the minutes of the management committee of the association. Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand. View located above the Cathedral Square Christchurch and more webcam from New Zealand.