A magnitude 4 earthquake rocked the Christchurch area this morning, it was reported on Geonet.org.nz as follows Reference Number 3581725 Universal Time September 19 2011 at 1:51 NZ Standard Time Monday, September 19 2011 at 1:51 pm Latitude, Longitude 43.62°S, 172.80°E Focal Depth 12 km Richter magnitude 4.0 Region Canterbury Location 10 km east of…
A shallow 4.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Christchurch again today. The tremblor was centred 10km east of Lyttelton, off the end of Godley Head, at a depth of only 6km. See the data here on Quake Crowe With the anniversary of the first 7.1 September earthquake just two days away this was the largest quake to…
The Twitter community is starting to pick up on reports of the smell of sulphur in the air after this morning’s quake at Lyttelton. More to come… Update from Voxy.co.nz “A strong smell of sulphur across Christchurch’s eastern suburbs is being noticed following Saturday’s 7.1 earthquake, according to WeatherWatch.co.nz. New Brighton resident David Shone told…
There has been much disquiet of late that the quakes around Christchurch may have a volcanic origin, especially as the second set of quakes feel a lot different to the afterquakes following the Sept quake. We did a hunt around and found evidence that these fears are unfounded. This is just a lose collection of…
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