Preliminary Earthquake Report

Using the Longitude and Latitude information for each earthquake, plot the epicentres of the earthquakes that struck Christchurch on September 4th 2010.

Things to consider:

·  A scale to differentiate between magnitudes

·  A time frame for the aftershocks

Information has been obtained from:

GNS SCIENCE

GeoNet Data Centre

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

http://www.geonet.org.nz

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT

The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS Science:

Reference number: 3366146/G

Universal Time: 3 September 2010 at 16:35

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:35 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.54°S, 172.23°E

Location: 30 km west of Christchurch

Focal depth: 33 km

Richter magnitude: 7.4

AFTERSHCOCKS

Reference number: 3366155/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:56 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.56°S, 172.23°E

Focal depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 5.3

Reference number: 3366157/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 5:06 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.49°S, 172.32°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.8

Reference number: 3366167/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 5:26 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.54°S, 172.23°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.9

Reference number: 366177/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 5:46 am

Latitude, Longitude: 3.60°S, 172.23°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference number: 3366182/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 5:55 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.50°S, 172.25°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366184/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:01 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.31°E

Focal depth: 11 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366187/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:04 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.58°S, 172.66°E

Focal depth: 60 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference number: 3366196/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:23 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.60°S, 172.12°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference number: 3366198/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:33 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.79°S, 172.57°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference number: 3366213/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 7:07 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.56°S, 172.25°E

Focal depth: 25 km

Richter magnitude: 4.7

Reference number: 3366215/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 7:13 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.70°S, 172.57°E

Focal depth: 9 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366227/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 7:52 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.53°S, 172.13°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.0

Reference number: 3366230/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 7:56 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.55°S, 172.37°E

Focal depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 5.2

Reference number: 3366288/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 10:17 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.64°S, 172.29°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.4

Reference number: 3366305/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 10:58 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.60°S, 172.35°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference number: 3366310/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 11:12 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.53°S, 172.27°E

Focal depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 5.3

Reference number: 3366340/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 12:18 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.46°S, 172.22°E

Focal depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 4.0

Reference number: 3366375/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 1:49 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 172.35°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.0

Reference number: 3366445/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:33 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.05°E

Focal depth: 2 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference number: 3366450/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:48 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.66°S, 172.49°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference number: 3366452/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:55 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.54°S, 171.97°E

Focal depth: 10 km

Richter magnitude: 5.4

Reference number: 3366457/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 5:07 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.49°S, 172.41°E

Focal depth: 10 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3366490/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:35 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.65°S, 172.23°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366492/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:38 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.66°S, 172.27°E

Focal depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366499/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 6:54 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.50°E

Focal depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference number: 3366503/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 7:03 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.56°S, 172.48°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366544/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 8:54 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.56°S, 171.90°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366585/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 10:34 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.46°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.5

Reference number: 3366593/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 10:38 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.26°S, 171.99°E

Focal depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 4.9

Reference number: 3366609/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 11:27 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 172.41°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366615/G

NZ Standard Time: Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 11:43 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 171.87°E

Focal depth: 10 km

Richter magnitude: 4.1

Reference number: 3366624/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 12:10 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 172.30°E

Focal depth: 6 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366644/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 12:57 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.48°S, 172.14°E

Focal depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366669/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 1:58 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.51°S, 172.20°E

Focal depth: 6 km

Richter magnitude: .2

Reference number: 3366683/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 2:35 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.49°S, 172.18°E

Focal depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 3.4

Reference number: 3366686/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 2:42 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.67°S, 172.43°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference number: 3366721/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 4:08 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.44°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.0

Reference number: 3366726/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 4:23 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.56°S, 172.07°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.4

Reference number: 3366729/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 4:31 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.55°S, 172.40°E

Focal depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3366750/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 5:17 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.15°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.6

Reference number: 3366751/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 5:20 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.17°E

Focal depth: 9 km

Richter magnitude: 5.1

Reference number: 3366765/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 5:53 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.17°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.5

Reference number: 3366799/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 7:11 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.65°S, 172.48°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3366806/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 7:30 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.58°S, 171.96°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3366810/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, 5 September 2010 at 7:41 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.27°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 4.2

Reference Number: 3366813/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 7:51 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.50°S, 171.93°E

Focal depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.2

Reference Number 3366821/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 8:13 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.67°S, 172.51°E

Focal Depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.1

Reference Number: 3366858/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 9:46 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 172.41°E

Focal Depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 4.5

Reference Number: 3366860/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 9:49 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.27°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference Number: 3366865/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 10:03 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.47°E

Focal Depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 4.1

Reference Number: 3366870/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 10:15 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.44°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference Number: 3366873/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 10:23 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.28°S, 171.97°E

Focal Depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 3.5

Reference Number: 3366916/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 12:19 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.37°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference Number: 3366920/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 12:27 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.02°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference Number: 3366925/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 12:43 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.65°S, 172.47°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference Number: 3366933/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 1:04 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.68°S, 172.51°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 5.0

Reference Number: 3366951/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 1:55 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.53°S, 172.24°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference Number: 3366965/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 2:34 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.39°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 3.4

Reference Number: 3366973/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 2:53 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.65°S, 172.55°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference Number: 3367026/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 5:15 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.46°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 3.2

Reference Number: 3367071/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 7:10 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.27°S, 172.02°E

Focal Depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 3.2

Reference Number: 3367116/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 9:07 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.57°S, 172.30°E

Focal Depth: 9 km

Richter magnitude: 4.1

Reference Number: 3367131/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 9:44 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.53°S, 172.42°E

Focal Depth: 2 km

Richter magnitude: 3.5

Reference Number: 3367147/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 10:18 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.26°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.5

Reference Number: 3367159/G

NZ Standard Time: Sunday, September 5 2010 at 10:55 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.58°S, 172.49°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 3.5

Reference Number: 3367190/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 0:16 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.49°E

Focal Depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 4.3

Reference Number: 3367202/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 0:52 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.44°S, 172.21°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 3.9

Reference Number: 3367278/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 4:06 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 171.91°E

Focal Depth: 10 km

Richter magnitude: 4.8

Reference Number: 3367280/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 4:10 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.53°S, 172.34°E

Focal Depth: 10 km

Richter magnitude: 4.0

Reference Number: 3367302/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 5:07 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.61°S, 172.38°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.6

Reference Number: 3367305/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 5:18 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.50°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 4.2

Reference Number: 3367316/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 5:42 am

Latitude, Longitude 43.60°S, 172.11°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.6

Reference Number: 3367355/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 7:18 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.63°S, 172.46°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference Number: 3367407/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 9:31 am

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.40°E

Focal Depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.6

Reference Number: 3367470/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 12:18 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.58°S, 172.29°E

Focal Depth: 15 km

Richter magnitude: 3.5

Reference Number: 3367476/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 12:35 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.58°S, 172.29°E

Focal Depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 4.5

Reference Number: 3367512/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 2:06 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.67°S, 172.50°E

Focal Depth: 12 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference Number: 3367527/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 2:48 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.67°S, 172.43°E

Focal Depth: 6 km

Richter magnitude: 4.1

Reference Number: 3367535/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, September 6 2010 at 3:07 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.38°E

Focal Depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 4.4

Reference number: 3367543/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 3:34 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.47°S, 172.17°E

Focal depth: 7 km

Richter magnitude: 4.2

Reference number: 3367552/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 3:54 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.59°S, 172.46°E

Focal depth: 20 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3367565/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 4:31 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.49°S, 172.15°E

Focal depth: 8 km

Richter magnitude: 3.0

Reference number: 3367608/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 6:01 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.33°E

Focal depth: 4 km

Richter magnitude: 4.4

Reference number: 3367612/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 6:13 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.64°S, 172.53°E

Focal depth: 5 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3367613/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 6:19 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.62°S, 172.31°E

Focal depth: 6 km

Richter magnitude: 3.8

Reference number: 3367629/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 7:03 pm

Latitude, Longitude: 43.45°S, 172.19°E

Focal depth: 6 km

Richter magnitude: 3.7

Reference number: 3367638/G

NZ Standard Time: Monday, 6 September 2010 at 7:28 pm