Local quakes

What I thought were yet more notifications of aftershocks in Canterbury, were actually notifications of quakes near Wellington! One at 15:48 & one at 16:18. I didn't feel a thing. Don't forget to fill in a Felt Report if you noticed them.


The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS:
Reference number: 3368099/G
Universal Time: 2010/09/07 03:48:42
Local time (NZST): 03:48 PM on Tuesday 07 September 2010
Latitude, Longitude: 41.35S, 174.54E
NZ Map Grid (E, N): 2639000, 5983000
NZ Trans Merc (E, N): 1729000, 5421000
Location: 20 km west of Wellington
Focal depth: 40
Magnitude: 4.0
Web page: http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3368099g.html

The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS:
Reference number: 3368110/G
Universal Time: 2010/09/07 04:18:56
Local time (NZST): 04:18 PM on Tuesday 07 September 2010
Latitude, Longitude: 41.36S, 174.54E
NZ Map Grid (E, N): 2639000, 5982000
NZ Trans Merc (E, N): 1729000, 5421000
Location: 20 km south-west of Wellington
Focal depth: 40
Magnitude: 3.8
Web page: http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3368110g.html