“It also served as a reminder of the three earthquake events that struck Canterbury’s Christchurch region in September 2010, February 2011 and June 2011,” the alert said, noting that “those events combined to cause upwards of US$25 billion in economic damage.”Īt least two people were killed and several others were injured as a result of the main shock and the aftershocks. This earthquake was the strongest to strike near New Zealand since the Dusky Sound event in July 2009 (magnitude-7.8). This photo really gives you a sense of the impact of the New Zealand earthquake /8XaVvBQAUN At least 250 aftershocks struck in the hours following, with four stronger than magnitude-6.0 (6.5, 6.2, 6.2, 6.1) and 19 stronger than magnitude-5.0, Impact Forecasting reported. 14, with an epicenter located 54 kilometres north-northeast of Amberley. Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, said in the cat alert that the main tremor occurred at 12:02 a.m. Geological Survey ( USGS)-registered magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused widespread damage in the North Canterbury region of the South Island, Impact Forecasting said in a cat alert on Sunday, with “shaking and varying levels of damage” additionally noted throughout the North Island, including the cities of Wellington and Auckland. At least 250 aftershocks struck in the hours following the main tremor.
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