christchurch earthquakes
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Christchurch earthquakes
By Mason
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An earthquake occurred in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time and registered 6.3 on the Richter scale.The earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in New Zealand's South Island and was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the port town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of the centre of Christchurch.
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Christchurch's central city and eastern suburbs were badly affected, with damage to buildings and infrastructure already weakened by the magnitude 7.1 Canterbury earthquake of 4 September 2010 and its aftershocks.
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quiz1.Was an earthquake in 2011 22 of february at 12:512.was the earthquake struck new zealand southeast 3.were there aftershocks
answers 1.Yes
2.yes
3.yes
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