2011 Christchurch Earthquake Map

The 2011 christchurch earthquake was a 6 3 magnitude earthquake which struck the south island of new zealand at 12 51 pm on 22 february 2011 nzt.

2011 christchurch earthquake map. To access the resources head over to the christchurch earthquake map. It struck the canterbury region of the island and caused a lot of damage and many deaths in christchurch new zealand s second largest city. The 2011 christchurch earthquakestruck the city of christchurch and the canterbury region of new zealandon 22nd february 2011. Time lapse visualisations of the february 22 2011 and september 4 2010 earthquakes and their aftershocks can also be viewed.

Click on image for larger pdf version. Local time 23 51 utc 21 february. Openstreetmap had good map data in this region even before the disaster thanks to local mappers. The map opposite shows mapped occurrences of liquefaction throughout the canterbury area following the 22nd february 2011 christchurch earthquake from a variety of media including aerial photos and site visits.

Last 3 6 9 12 24 hours show. Data from gns science new zealand. The june quake was preceded by a magnitude 5 9 m l tremor that struck the region at a slightly deeper 8 9 km 5 5 mi. Last 3 6 9 12 24 hours show.

The map shows the seismicity in the vicinity of christchurch new zealand following the september 3 2010 m7 0 darfield earthquake yellow circles and the february 21 2011 m6 3 christchurch earthquake orange circles. Time lapse visualisation of the december 23 2011 earthquake and its aftershocks in christchurch and canterbury new zealand. The united states geological survey reported a magnitude of 6. 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 about 5 km 3 mi south east of christchurch which had previously been devastated by a magnitude 6 2 m w earthquake in february 2011.

A m w 6 2 m l 6 3 earthquake occurred in christchurch on tuesday 22 february 2011 at 12 51 p m. See wikipedia 2011 canterbury earthquakefor details and news. Christchurch earthquake animated map christchurch earthquake map is a fantastic resource for illustrating the swarm of earthquakes that occurred on february 22nd 2011 when 185 people were killed as the result of a magnitude 6 3 quake. The earthquake struck the canterbury region in new zealand s south island and was centred 6 7 kilometres 4 2 mi south east of the centre of christchurch at the time new zealand s second most populous city the earthquake caused widespread damage across christchurch killing 185 people in the nation s fifth deadliest disaster.

It was about 5 km underground. It was the largest aftershock of the 4 september 2010 canterbury earthquake although it is being regarded as a separate earthquake. Christchurch quake map map showing recent earthquake activity in and around christchurch new zealand.