The types of buildings in christchurch that were affected in the quake were old heritage stone type buildings, high rise buildings e.g. hotels, office buildings, car parks.
Some of the buildings collapsed in falling down sideways, pancake formation one floor on top of the other floor some have been flattened by boulders e.g. rsa building
They could prevent it by applying more bracing to the buildings add giant shock absorbers into the foundation so that when a earthquake hits the shock absorbers take all the shock from the quake, make the buildings have more supports so that if one breaks or gets damaged in a earthquake then they would still have a backup support for the building to stand on
The area that has had the most damage is the CBD of christchurch and the epicenter lyttleton
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