What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1888
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 42.60° S, 172.40° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1888 North Canterbury earthquake.
1888 North Canterbury earthquake
Earthquake in New Zealand
The 1888 North Canterbury earthquake occurred at 4:10 am on 1 September following a sequence of foreshocks that started the previous evening, and whose epicentre was in the North Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. The epicentre was approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Hanmer.
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