What the records say
- When
- 13 Nov 2016
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 42.74° S, 173.05° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Damage musd
- 3900
- Houses destroyed
- 1
- Max water height m
- 6.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.8
- Runups
- 17
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2016 Kaikōura earthquake
Earthquake in New Zealand
The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a Mw 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT. Ruptures occurred on multiple faults and the earthquake has been described as the "most complex earthquake ever studied". It has been subsequently modelled as having a megathrust component set off by an adjacent rupture on the Humps Fault.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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