2011 Christchurch Earthquake Map

The united states geological survey reported a magnitude of 6.

2011 christchurch earthquake map. 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. Following the earthquake the openstreetmap community and the humanitarian osm team have worked to improve the map particularly of central christchurch in the hope of providing useful open licensed map. 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. Openstreetmap had good map data in this region even before the disaster thanks to local mappers.

Last 3 6 9 12 24 hours show day. There areas are slowly being reopened follow earthquake repair and strengthening work. Today 9 6 2020 0 1 quakes. This is 23 51 21 february utc.

It was a 6 3 magnitude earthquake and the focus was very shallow at 4. 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. 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. Time lapse visualisations of the february 22 2011 and september 4 2010 earthquakes and their aftershocks can also be viewed.

The 2011 christchurch earthquake struck the city of christchurch and the canterbury region of new zealand on 22nd february 2011. It was about 5 km underground. 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. On 22 february 2011 a 6 3 magnitude earthquake struck christchurch shortly before 12 50pm at a shallow depth of four kilometres.

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. Latest quakes move your mouse over a quake below. Map showing recent earthquake activity in and around christchurch new zealand. A primary action was to reduce the impact of motorised private vehicles and increase the comfort of pedestrians and.

See wikipedia 2011 canterbury earthquake for details and news. The earthquake struck the city of christchurch in new zealand on 22 february 2011. Christchurch 2011 hic causes. This was the second major earthquake to hit the city.

Time lapse visualisation of today s earthquakes in christchurch and canterbury new zealand. Civil defence declared a category 3 emergency the highest possible for a regional disaster. To access the resources head over to the christchurch earthquake map. Several aftershocks were reported some registering at a 5 6 magnitude.

Filtered mag depth. The previous quake occurred on 4 september 2010 and registered at a 7 1 magnitude. In 2010 the christchurch city council released a city for people action plan a programme of work through to 2022 to improve public spaces within the central city to entice more inner city residents and visitors.