Researchers have explained why Canterbury escaped with no loss of life and little damage compared with the devastation in Haiti.
Nearly a week on, comparisons are being made because both quakes had a magnitude of 7.1, occurred at a relatively shallow depth and were centred near population centres - one 40km west of Christchurch, the other 25km west of Port-au-Prince.
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