What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 2013
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 41.70° S, 174.34° E
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage musd
- 50
- Max water height m
- 0.07
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.5
- Runups
- 2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2013 Seddon earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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