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A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). [2] [10] The M w 6.2 (M L 6.3) earthquake struck the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business district. [11]
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 central New Zealand 16 May 2006: L'Esperance Rock: Kermadec Islands: 7.5 [90] 7.4: 150 km: 31.56°S, 179.30°W: Felt in East half of New Zealand 16 May 2006: Raoul Island: Kermadec Islands: 7.1: 33 km ...
The April 2011 Miyagi earthquake caused further structural damage in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures. Four people died and 141 were injured. 4 141 11 [38] Japan, Fukushima, 17 km south southwest of Ishikawa: 6.6 11.0 VIII The April 2011 Fukushima earthquake caused little structural damage, but killed seven people and injured ten others. Mostly ...
This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths in New Zealand.
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 M w earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC).It was centred at a depth of 7 km (4.3 mi), [1] about 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Christchurch, [7] which had previously been devastated by a magnitude 6.2 M W earthquake in February 2011.
1966 Air New Zealand DC-8 crash: air accident 4 Jul 1966: near Auckland Airport: 2 Air New Zealand Flight 4374: air accident 17 Feb 1979: near Auckland Airport: 2 Airwork Flight 23: air accident 3 May 2005: near Stratford: 2 2010 Canterbury earthquake: earthquake 4 Sep 2010: near Darfield: 2 2016 KaikÅura earthquake: earthquake 14 Nov 2016 ...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake [1] occurred on the Port Hills Fault at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011 local time (23:51 21 February UTC), [1] [2] causing widespread damage and fatalities. The earthquake was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton , and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch , New Zealand's ...
Hard copy of the July 2012 Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan, often referred to as the Blueprint, is the plan developed by the Fifth National Government of New Zealand for the recovery of the Christchurch Central City from a series of earthquakes, in particular the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.