[Above photo - Elyse Armstrong from EQC’s engineers, Tonkin+Taylor, inspects land damage in the Christchurch suburb of Parklands.]
The magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred at 1:13pm on Sunday, 14th February 2016, 15 km east of Christchurch and approximately 15 km deep.
If you have been affected by this event and wish to make a claim, click here to go to our claim section.
Claims Received:
As at 8.00 am on Monday 23 May 2016, EQC has received:
- 12,951 claims
Factsheets
- 15 June 2016 (PDF)
- 17 February 2016 (PDF)
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