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This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. ... New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore 6.2 16.0 ... Canada, British Columbia offshore, 209 km ...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck New Zealand, just one day after a devastating cyclone forced a state of emergency across much of the country.. The quake occurred under the Cook Strait ...
New Zealand was rattled by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake Wednesday morning but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency said the ...
South of New Zealand: 7.1 [88] 7.0: 12 km: 46.57°S: 165.08°E: Reportedly felt as far north as Hamilton. 24 December 2004: Macquarie Ridge: South of New Zealand: 8.1 [89] 35 km: 49.31°S: 161.35°E: 2004 Tasman Sea earthquake: 14 March 2005: W of New Zealand: Btw. Taranaki & Tasman: 6.4: 154 km: 40.17°S: 173.63°E: Felt strongly throughout ...
GeoNet also forecasts earthquake aftershocks for major earthquakes, such as the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. [3] The GeoNet app sends notifications about natural hazards to its users. An example of this is the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, where the app had sent a total of over 109 million notifications within two days. [ 4 ]
First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2015-04-24 South of Haida Gwaii: 51.62 -130.77 0 0 6.2 V 2012-11-08 West of Vancouver Island 49.23 -128.48 0 0 6.1 IV [9] 2012-10-30 Haida Gwaii: 52.37 -131.90 0 0 6.2 Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [10] 2012-10-28 Haida Gwaii 52.67 -132.60 0 0 6.3 V Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake [11]
The main magnitude 8.1 earthquake was preceded by a magnitude 7.4 foreshock [7] and followed by a magnitude 6.1 aftershock. [8] A separate, unrelated magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand, approximately 900 km to the south, several hours before the main quakes. [9]
The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a M w 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT (11:02 on 13 November UTC). [2] Ruptures occurred on multiple faults and the earthquake has been described as the "most complex earthquake ever studied". [ 8 ]