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2016 North Canterbury earthquake

2016 CE · New Zealand, Oceania · Disaster

2016 North Canterbury earthquake
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The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a Mw 7. 8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT. Ruptures occurred on multiple faults and the earthquake has been described as the "most complex earthquake ever studied".

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