Photos of Mw7.1 Darfield (Canterbury), New Zealand Earthquake
Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Note: The Canterbury earthquake is also referred as the Darfield or Christchurch earthquake. For more information, visit the New Zealand […]
USGS Event Page
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Darfield Space Time Plot
See the Space-Time Plot: Darfield EQ Sequence (0.21 MB PDF) Note: The symbols show epicentral locations scaled to magnitude. Red symbols indicate events with magnitudes greater than 5.
Strong Motion Records from CESMD
See the Strong Motions Records: New Zealand Earthquake of 21 February 2011
Christchurch Earthquake Photos and Captions
See the Images: Selected images of the M6.3 Christchurch Earthquake February 22, 2011 (5.5 MB PDF)
The 09/03/2010 Darfield Earthquake and its Aftershocks, Including the 02/21/2011 Christchurch Event
Review the Slides: The 09/03/2010 Darfield Earthquake and its Aftershocks, Including the 02/21/2011 Christchurch Event (4.1 MB PDF)
A tale of two earthquakes – the Christchurch sequence of 2010-2011
Read the Presentation: A tale of two earthquakes – the Christchurch sequence of 2010-2011 (4.5 MB PDF)
Aftershock Sequence
The period prior to 22/2/2011 contained fourteen events of magnitude 5.0 to 5.6 and forty events of magnitude 4.5 to 5.0. Since 22/2/2011 there have been five aftershocks between 5.0 and 6.3 and eighteen between 4.5 and 5.0. Figure 1. Christchurch area aftershock sequence – Sep 2010 – Mar 2011. Christchurch is built […]
Preliminary report of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake
Read the Report: Preliminary report of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (1.3 MB PDF)
NOAA Energy Plot
See the Main Event Page: Tohoku (East Coast of Honshu) Tsunami, March 11, 2011 Figure 1. Energy plot of the M8.9 earthquake distributed over the Pacific Ocean.