The epicentre was near charing cross just south-east of Darfield. to find out the time size and locayon +depth ot all tremers go to geonet .co.nz
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The underground centre of an earthquake is the Hypocentre or focus.
the epicentre
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epicentre
New Zealand sits on a fault line, so earthquakes are relatively frequent. The devastating earthquake in February 2011 affected Christchurch and the surrounding Canterbury region at the southern end of the South Island. The epicentre occurred at Lyttelton, a small town on the harbour not far from Christchurch.
there was 6,000 people injured in the Feburary earthquake
2011 Christchurch Earthquake
The Christchurch cathedral was toppled over and demolished from the earthquake on Feb 22, 2011. This earthquake did major destruction.
The Christchurch earthquake happened on February 22, 2011 at 12:51 NZDT
The recent Christchurch Earthquake hit on 22nd February at 1:24pm
september 2010: darfield, west of christchurch feburary 2011: lyttelton, suburb in south christchurch
The Christchurch in New Zealand, had an earthquake of a 4.8 magnitude which happened on March 6, 2011 3:43am. This was an aftershock of the last months earthquake, February 22, 2011 which was 6.3.
It was a 6.3 on the Richter scale.
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The point is the epicentre of the earthquake.
The epicenter of the earthquake was near Lyttleton, Canterbury, New Zealand.