The Greendale Fault is an
active seismic fault situated in the
Canterbury Plains in
New Zealand's
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
.
Canterbury earthquake
A powerful 7.1
magnitude earthquake,
occurred on the Greendale Fault at 4:35 am on
local time (16:35
UTC).
The quake caused widespread damage and several power outages, particularly in the city of
Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city.
References
Seismic faults of New Zealand
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