Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - South Island of New Zealand

USGS
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:52 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 23:51:43 UTC

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 12:51:43 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
43.600°S, 172.710°E

Depth:
5 km (3.1 miles)

Region:
SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

Distances:
NEAR Christchurch, New Zealand

225 km (140 miles) SSE of Westport, New Zealand

305 km (190 miles) SSW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand

310 km (190 miles) NE of Dunedin, New Zealand

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 12.2 km (7.6 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)

Parameters:
Nph= 0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=D

Source:
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Event ID:
usb0001igm