6.5 Cook Strait & 6.3 Christchurch quakes compared – they don't really! Thanks @geonet. http://t.co/5ZvXWH5j8C #EQNZ pic.twitter.com/RAL7CN78Nd — Simon Ragoonanan (@SimonRagoonanan) July 24, 2013 The quakes now have their own Wikipedia page: 2013 Cook Strait earthquake @Te_Papa Given its location what precautions does Te Papa take against tsunamis? or doesn’t it need to do that?…
Earthquakes and aftershocks have continued in the central part of New Zealand since the Seddon quake on Friday. There have been scores of quakes today with the largest so far being a “severe” 6.6 in the Cook Strait at 5.09 pm. Some sources are saying the quake was upgraded to a magnitude 6.8. Mag: 6.8 – Depth: 11 km –…
More strong earthquakes have rocked Wellington, capital city of New Zealand and much of the central part of the country. The magnitude 5.8 occurred at 7.17 this morning followed by a 4.8 at only 5km deep, 35 km from Seddon. They are part of a quake storm that have affected the region since Friday, about…
Much of the central part of New Zealand felt the shock of a 5.7 “severe earthquake” at 9:06 this morning. The quake was centred 30km east of Seddon, south of Blenheim, at a depth of 16 km. Since then there have been multiple aftershocks. The largest of which was a 4.5 magnitude, located 35 km east of Seddon, at a…
(Update: Read the report on the TVNZ website) A new Wellington Council report has just highlighted the serious implications of a major earthquake in Wellington, the capital city and seat of government for New Zealand. Stuff covered the report and alongside it ran a poll asking people to vote on how well they thought the…
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