Timeline of the Canterbury earthquakes

The Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand started with a moment magnitude 7.1 earthquake on 4 September 2010 at 4:35 am with an epicentre near Darfield. It caused widespread damage and was followed by several aftershocks, including a magnitude magnitude 4.7 earthquake on Boxing Day 2010, and a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on 22 February 2011. The February earthquake had a much closer epicentre to the Christchurch city centre and was the most destructive and deadly earthquake of the entire sequence, causing 185 fatalities. Major events following this include a M6.0 earthquake in June 2011, a few earthquakes in December 2011 and a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in February 2016. The unrelated 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake occurred in November and caused further damage to Canterbury, but is not included in this timeline as it is not a part of the sequence.

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