Earthquake — New Zealand: Christchurch, Lyttelton

Name: Earthquake — New Zealand: Christchurch, Lyttelton
Start: 2011-02-21
Location: New Zealand

21 Feb 2011 · New Zealand

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When: 21 Feb 2011
Kind: Earthquake
Magnitude: 6.1
Where: New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.58° S, 172.68° E
Deaths: 185
Injuries: 1500
Damage musd: 15000
Houses destroyed: 100000
Depth km: 6

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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 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Christchurch, in what becomes New Zealand's third-deadliest natural disaster”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am 22. Februar kommt es in Neuseeland zu einem schweren Erdbeben der Magnitude 6,3”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В результате разрушительного землетрясения в Крайстчерче (Новая Зеландия) магнитудой 6,3 погибли 166 человек, 122 — пропали без вести”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Christchurch (Nueva Zelanda) se registra un terremoto de 6,2, en lo que se convirtió en el tercer desastre natural más mortífero de Nueva Zelanda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ニュージーランド南島のクライストチャーチ付近にて現地時間午後0時51分、マグニチュード6.3の地震が発生した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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