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.
Rreth 20 dite me pare se te ndodhte termeti ne Japoni, edhe ata paten nje termet te madh, ku humben jeten shume studente japoneze, dhe katedralja me e madhe e qytetit, simboli i Christchursh,  ishte plotesisht e shkaterruar.