About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

Location history for this earthquake. The automatic earthquake location system makes many locations for each quake. Not all quakes have a location history.

About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

The Earth's entire outer surface is like a hard shell, which is broken into smaller pieces called 'tectonic plates'. New Zealand is on the boundary between two of these plates, called the Australian ...

Felt earthquake reports are quantified using the New Zealand Modified Mercalli (MM) intensity scale. The MM scale grades the impact of an earthquake on people living on the earth's surface, and so can ...

The city of Christchurch experienced a major earthquake centred south of the city; severe damage and casualties occurred.