From the air

22 February 2011 earthquake memorial

A memorial on the city’s public ground: standing in Christchurch Central.

On the map as

memorial

The suburb

Christchurch Central

This stone is to the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquake sequence, the story in plain language: the earthquakes explainer · every shake, counted: /sequence.

Where it stands

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position, the strong outline is the suburb the map puts it in, the rest are its neighbours.

On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m: neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so.

Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd 214 Cashel Street Christchurch Club and Setting 154 Worcester Street · List 292 Latimer Square and Setting Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company 101/158 High Street 159 Manchester Street 159 Manchester Street 158 High Street G01/158 High Street Triangle Reserve and Setting 192F High Street Triangle Reserve and Setting 215F High Street

The ground under it

On the plan’s flood map Bells Creek, the managed reach The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks OCP The nearest recorded shake: M4.6 26 December 2010 · ~300 m from the pin · 197 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Latimer Square botanic park · under 150 m Excelsior Hotel Reserve botanic park · ~250 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · ~200 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Woolston track · ~400 m from the pin 185 Empty Chairs monument · under 150 m Spires monument · ~150 m Vaka 'A Hina monument · ~250 m Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine Vaka 'a Hina 2019 monument · ~250 m

The reports nearby

4,044 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,376 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Hazard, vehicle Canterbury · 11 October 2026

Poles and Signage - General 115 Lichfield St · 11 October 2026

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 205 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City · 8 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 147 Lichfield St · 8 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 231 Madras St · 8 October 2026

Park - General Request 145 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City · 7 October 2026

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet Hereford St near Barbadoes St, Christchurch Central City · 6 October 2026

Trees - General 152–160 Manchester St · 6 October 2026

Pavement - General 144 Manchester St · 5 October 2026

General Request Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City · 5 October 2026

Hazard, vehicle 125 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City · 5 October 2026

Facility - General Request 150 Manchester St · 5 October 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is 22 February 2011 earthquake memorial?

A memorial in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in Christchurch Central.

Where does 22 February 2011 earthquake memorial stand?

In Christchurch Central, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps 8 places within 300m of it.

Is the pin on the map exact?

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.

The record behind this

The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). The maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

This page as markdown: /memorial/22-february-2011-earthquake-memorial.md · every monument as data: /memorials.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=memorials · the quiet ground: the cemeteries · every roll, counted: /geography.