20 Sep 2023

GNS Seismologist updates on Canterbury quake

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 20 September 2023
Strong preliminary 6.2 earthquake rattles South Island.

Photo: Supplied / Geonet

It's been a shaky morning in Canterbury with a quake rattling the region just after 9am this morning.

GNS says the quake was magnitude 6.0 - revised down from 6.2 -  centred about 45 kilometres north of Geraldine, was 10km deep and caused strong shaking.

Some 14,000 reports have flooded into the agency.

Kathryn spoke with duty seismologist John Ristau.

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