New Zealand city remembers 185 victims in devastating 2011 earthquake

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-02-22

WELLINGTON, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's second-largest city, Christchurch, on Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of a deadly earthquake that claimed 185 lives of more than 20 nationalities. An annual public civic memorial service was held at the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial on the banks of the Avon River in the Christchurch city center, and a minute of silence was observed at 12:51 p.m. when the 6.3-magnitude quake struck th......

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