The epicentre of an earthquake in September last year (2010) was at Darfield, 25 miles west of which city in New Zealand?
Darfield, New Zealand 4 September 2010, causing widespread damage to both the town and to surrounding areas including the city of Christchurch. Darfield, New Zealand Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres west of the outskirts of Christchurch on State Highway 73 (Great Alpine Highway) and on the Midland railway line, route of the TranzAlpine train service. Its population (GeoNames geographical database 2011) is 1,593. Darfield is the main town between Christchurch and the West Coast region. It is often called "The township under the nor'west arch" in reference to a
2010 Canterbury earthquake updated the story on an extended 90 minute Q&A on Sunday morning at 9am and Oliver-Kerby hosted a special One News at Midday bulletin on Sunday afternoon. Radio New Zealand National interrupted some normal programming to broadcast Morning Report Saturday, Midday Report Saturday, Checkpoint Saturday and Morning Report Sunday with interviews and reports of developments. 2010 Canterbury earthquake The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at on , and had a maximum perceived intensity of X ("Extreme") on the Mercalli intensity scale. Some damaging