The red tag marks the epicentre of the quake which rattled areas of South Canterbury early on Wednesday. A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled parts of South Canterbury early on Wednesday. The Geonet website says the epicentre of the 1.05am quake was 25 kilometres west of Timaru and at a depth of 5.3km. -------------------------------------The “weak” quake was felt from Geraldine to south of Oamaru with the Geotech website reporting 742 entries from people who felt it, ranging from four saying it was strong, 78 moderate, 382 light and 278 weak. Timaru residents woken up by the quake said it felt like a “light rumble” and lasted for less than three seconds.

Source: Stuff August 10, 2021 21:33 UTC