Earthquake — New Zealand: Christchurch

When

3 Sep 2010

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.0

Where

New Zealand

Coordinates

43.52° S, 171.83° E

Injuries

2

Damage musd

6500

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

12

Earthquake in New Zealand

The 2010 Canterbury earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at 4:35 am local time on 4 September, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand causing large amounts of damage but no direct fatalities”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Darfield-Erdbeben mit der Stärke 7,1 MW in Neuseeland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un fuerte terremoto de 7,1 sacude la región de Canterbury de Nueva Zelanda dejando un saldo de 2 muertos y más de 100 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page