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.
Otprilike 20 dana prije nego se dogodio japanski potres, oni su također imali velik potres, i mnogi japanski studenti poginuli su, i najvažnija katedrala u gradu, simbol Crhistchurcha, bio je potpuno uništen.