Christchurch Earthquake, N.Z., 2011

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Name (Hebrew)
רעידת אדמה, קרייסטצ'ורץ', ניו זילנד, 2011
Name (Latin)
Christchurch Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
Name (Arabic)
زلزال كانتربري 2011
Other forms of name
Canterbury Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
Lyttelton Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
Coordinates
172.701 172.701 -43.5834 -43.5834 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Earthquakes New Zealand
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q151850
Library of congress: sh2011001498
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Christchurch earthquake : an overview, via WWW, Mar. 18, 2011.
  • Christchurch Earthquake appeal WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011.
  • GeoNet WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011:news, Feb. 22, 2011 (Christchurch badly damaged by magnitude 6.3 earthquake; a National State of Emergency has been declared; seismologically classed as an aftershock [of the 2010] Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake. Location, within 5 km of Lyttelton, within 5 km of Diamond Harbour, 10 km south-east of Christchurch; NZ daylight time, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at 12.51 pm; lat.: 43⁰60ʹS, long.: 172⁰71ʹE; focal depth 5 km.)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011:2011 Christchurch earthquake (also known as the 2011 Canterbury earthquake and the Lyttelton earthquake; max. intensity: MM VIII; peak ground acceleration: 1.88g (city); 2.2g (epicentre); tsunami: 3.5 (11 ft.) tsunami waves in Tasman Lake, following quake-triggered glacier calving from Tasman Glacier; landslides: Sumner and Redcliffs; casualties: 166 confirmed dead and 200 missing [as at] 7 Mar., 1500-2000 injured, 164 seriously; analysts est. the earthquake could cost insurers US $12 billion (NZ 16 billion))