The red tag marks the epicentre of the quake which rattled areas of South Canterbury early on Wednesday. The earthquake that rattled parts of South Canterbury early on Wednesday is only the third of that size in the area for 51 years, according to GeoNet. The epicentre of the 4.1 earthquake that struck at 1.05am was about 25 kilometres west of Timaru in the Maungati area of the Hunter Hills at a depth of 5.3km. Geotech A screen grab from the GeoNet website showing the location of Wednesday’s quake 25km west of Timaru and the spread of “felt reports”. 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 21:37 UTC