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Saturday, March 24, 1979 Earthquake

The earthquake hit New Zealand the Saturday, March 24, 1979 at 21:06 with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is Christchurch (New Zealand - NZ). The epicenter is located at longitude 171.701 and latitude -42.068. 179.73 km from Ovalle.
Magnitude 5.3
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Depth ? 59
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Location Christchurch
Canterbury
Christchurch City
New Zealand (nz))

Earthquake Map 3/24/1979 9:06:53 PM

Closest cities

Closest cities near the epicenter
Blenheim119.69 km
Christchurch129.71 km
Nelson136.78 km
Wellington177.73 km
Lower Hutt191.45 km
Porirua194.31 km
Ashburton205.06 km
Upper Hutt207.57 km
Paraparaumu222.21 km
Masterton255.89 km

Biggest cities

Closest cities with Population over 100,000
Christchurch129.71 km
Wellington177.73 km
Lower Hutt191.45 km
Dunedin440.22 km
Hamilton547.73 km
Tauranga584.64 km
Auckland638.57 km
Hobart2127.11 km
Canberra2241.71 km
Geelong2500.34 km

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