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Historic Earthquake
2010 Canterbury Earthquake
3 September 2010 · Christchurch · New Zealand
On 3 September 2010 at 16:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Zealand (Christchurch), at a depth of 12 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 94 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 3 September 2010
- Time
- 16:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 12 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Injuries
- 2
- Estimated Damage
- 6.5 billion US dollars
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 North Canterbury Earthquake · M 7.82 deaths
- 2011February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake · M 6.1185 deaths
- 19681968 Inangahua Earthquake · M 7.13 deaths
- 19291929 Murchison Earthquake · M 7.517 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth