Related News
Series of strong quakes rock central New Zealand
Online Edition
Three very strong earthquakes shook central New Zealand with 10 minutes of each other today.
The first quake struck at 2:31pm local time and was centered 10 km southeast of Seddon, in the far north of the South
Island, at a depth of 8 km, according to the government's GeoNet monitoring service.
Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey reported that the earthquake was measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.
It was a magnitude 6.2 quake and rated in intensity as "severe".
A magnitude 5.6 "severe" quake struck at 2:37 p.m. and was centered 5 km southeast of Seddon at a depth of 5 km.
A "strong" 4.2-magnitude quake struck at 2:41 p.m., centered 35 km northeast of Seddon at a depth of 5 km.
All the quakes were felt in the capital Wellington.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
