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10 Cards in this Set
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Date of the September Earthquake
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September 4th 2010 4.35am
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Place of epicentre
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40km west of CHCH at Charring Cross
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Type of fault
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Reverse / strike slip
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How many aftershocks on the 3 weeks following
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Over 1000
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Magnitude of sept's quake
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7.1
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Depth of earthquake
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10km's
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Fault length of mainshock
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25km's
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Plates associated with New Zealand
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Pacific and Indo-Australian
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The quake is named after the proximity to a towm
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Darfield
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Name of the main fault line running through the South Island
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Alpine
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