By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Monday, February 21, 2011
4:40 p.m. PST
Christchurch, New Zealand
A major 6.3 earthquake has just hit the community of Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the official data for the US Geological Association. If you live in Christchurch, hit my comment section and tell me what you are experiencing. Some reports are already say that the city hall in Christchurch has been damaged, and some city officials may have been injured.
Stay SAFE! I have lots of readers in Christchurch!
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Monday, February 21, 2011
4:40 p.m. PST
Christchurch, New Zealand
A major 6.3 earthquake has just hit the community of Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the official data for the US Geological Association. If you live in Christchurch, hit my comment section and tell me what you are experiencing. Some reports are already say that the city hall in Christchurch has been damaged, and some city officials may have been injured.
Stay SAFE! I have lots of readers in Christchurch!
Earthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude | 6.3 |
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Location | 43.513°S, 172.638°E |
Depth | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
Region | SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
Distances | NEAR Christchurch, New Zealand 215 km (135 miles) SSE of Westport, New Zealand 305 km (190 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand 315 km (195 miles) NNE of Dunedin, New Zealand |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 87, Nph= 94, Dmin=21.2 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B |
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Event ID | usb0001igm |
1 comment:
Christchurch is where the International Antartic Centre is, which is, as I understood it, the front door to every Antartic post out there. Of course it’s not impossible to bypass Christchurch to get stuff to the Antartic, but I wonder if this is another impact of this quake.
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