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Regional Council
Canterbury
New Zealand · Oceania
Canterbury is a regional council of New Zealand, in Oceania. It spans the Pacific and Australian plates. Records include 3 major earthquakes since 1900 and 11 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- WildfireHigh
- River FloodMedium
- Urban FloodMedium
- Water ScarcityVery Low
- Extreme HeatVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20162016 North Canterbury Earthquake · M 7.82 deaths
- 2011February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake · M 6.1185 deaths
- 20102010 Canterbury Earthquake · M 7.0
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2016Off East Coast of South Island, New Zealand · 6.5 m2 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2007Solomon Islands · 12.1 m52 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 1998Papua New Guinea · 15.0 m1,636 deaths
- 1964Prince William Sound, Ak, United States of America · 51.8 m139 deaths
- 1960Southern Chile, Chile · 25.0 m2,226 deaths
- 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
- 1922Northern Chile, Chile · 5.5 m700 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002