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Title: Quakes 23/6/2012
Post by: TonyC on June 23, 2012, 08:29:51 AM

Reference Number: 3727179
NZST: Sat, Jun 23 2012 5:51 pm
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 5 km
Details: Within 5 km of Darfield

Reference Number: 3726808
NZST: Sat, Jun 23 2012 0:42 am
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 12 km
Details: 10 km north-east of Christchurch

    Public Id: 2012p469584
    NZST: Saturday, June 23 2012 at 5:54:40 am
    Intensity: moderate
    Depth: 8 km
    Magnitude: 3.5
    Location: 20 km east of Christchurch

Public Id: 2012p469012
    NZST: Saturday, June 23 2012 at 12:49:48 am
    Intensity: light
    Depth: 14 km
    Magnitude: 2.9
    Location: 15 km north of Christchurch

Title: Re: Quakes 23/6/2012
Post by: TokWW on June 23, 2012, 08:41:34 AM

That's the most delayed R4 earthquake down there, the time period does seem to be stretching out - lets hope the next one is further out 12th June - 23rd June = 11 days.  Previous was 8 days and prior to that there were 2 in the previous 8 days.

There have been longer period gaps in the past too - there seems to have been 6 weeks Nov-Dec 2011 as a break in larger earthquakes.

Title: Re: Quakes 23/6/2012
Post by: TonyC on June 23, 2012, 09:59:56 PM

Two in one day today though on different fault lines.....

Title: Re: Quakes 23/6/2012
Post by: TokWW on June 24, 2012, 09:01:21 AM

Sorry - you are right!  I had seen the first one but not read the next one and as you said, on different fault lines.  Let's hope that the next one is a month or more out!