Earthquake — New Zealand: Cook Strait

When

21 Jul 2013

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.5

Where

New Zealand

Coordinates

41.70° S, 174.34° E

Injuries

5

Damage musd

50

Depth km

17

Earthquake in New Zealand

The 2013 Seddon earthquake measured 6.5 on the Mww scale and was centred in New Zealand's Cook Strait, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Seddon in Marlborough. The earthquake struck at 5:09 pm on Sunday 21 July 2013 at a depth of 13 kilometres (8 mi), according to GeoNet. The United States Geological Survey also measured the quake at 6.5, at a depth of 17 kilometres (11 mi).

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