About 20 days before the Japanese earthquake happened, also they had a big earthquake, and many Japanese students were also killed, and the most important cathedral of the city, the symbol of Christchurch, was totally destroyed.
Cerca de 20 dias antes  do terramoto japonês, também tiveram um grande terramoto, e muitos estudantes japoneses morreram, e a catedral mais importante da cidade, o símbolo de Christchurch,  foi totalmente destruído.