1869 Christchurch earthquake

Earthquake in New Zealand November 2025 May 2024 1869 Christchurch earthquake New Zealand yes 5 June 1869 8:00 a.m. 6.0 l y 4.7 w yesGeoNet Magnitude 4.7, Sat Jun 5 1869 8:00 AM https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/technical/2178064 31 May 2024 VII – VIII en-UK -44 173 dms inline,title region:NZPettinga J.R. Yetton, M. D. Van Dissen, R. J. Downes, G. amp 2001 Earthquake source identification and characterisation for the Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 34 4 307 10.5459/bnzsee.34.4.282-317 2001BNZSE..34..282P http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/5122/1/12585501_pettinga%20jnzsee%202001.pdf 5 November 2011 South Island New Zealand None The 1869 Christchurch earthquake occurred at 8:00 am on 5 June, near New Brighton, with an estimated Richter magnitude of 6.0. The shock had a Mercalli Intensity of VII–VIII.Canterbury has a shaky history http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6479156/Canterbury-has-a-shaky-history Fairfax NZ News 25 February 2012 The shock damaged several brick and stone buildings in the city, destroying chimneys and damaging the spire of St John's church in Hereford Street.Severe Earthquake in Canterbury http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18690611.2.14 21 October 2011 Daily Southern Cross XXV 3712 11 June 1869 3GeoNet – M 7.1, Darfield (Canterbury), September 4, 2010 http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/historic-earthquakes/top-nz/quake-13.html GeoNet 21 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110302094331/http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/historic-earthquakes/top-nz/quake-13.html 2 March 2011 The effects of the earthquake on stone buildings such as St. Johns prompted the Church of St Michael and All Angels to be built using timber.St Michael's & All Angels http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18691215.2.6 21 October 2011 The Star 15 December 1869 2 See also 2010 Canterbury earthquake 2011 Christchurch earthquake 2016 Kaikōura earthquake List of earthquakes in New Zealand List of historical earthquakes List of tsunamis affecting New Zealand References Christchurch 1869 Christchurch earthquake Category:History of the Canterbury Region 1869 Christchurch 1869 Category:1860s in Christchurch Category:June 1869 in Oceania Category:1869 disasters in New Zealand