| Country: | New Zealand |
| Date (local): | March 18, 2010, 17:28:51 |
| Date (UTC): | 06:28:51 |
| Magnitude: | 5.5 Mw |
| Max. Intensity:[1] | VII |
| Depth: | 10 km |
| Epicenter coordinates: | 48.659°S, 164.649°E |
| Epicenter location: | 235 km NNW of the Auckland Islands |
| Flinn-Engdahl region: | 161 — Off west coast of South Island, New Zealand |
| Type: | transformation fault |
| Countries/ regions affected: |
New Zealand |
| Tectonic plates: | Australian Plate, Pacific Plate |
- ↑ This information is based on an automatic estimation by the PAGER system and is sometimes not updated when the magnitude of the earthquake is updated. It might therefore be not correct.
Earthquakes in 2010, New Zealand area (M5.5 and above)
Earthquakes in the FE region 161 (Off west coast of South Island, New Zealand) in 2001–2010
27 Aug 2003 (5.5) • 2 Nov 2003 (6.4) • 23 Nov 2004 (7.1) • 21 Jan 2008 (5.5) • 15 Jul 2009 (7.8) • 15 Jul 2009 (5.7) • 17 Jul 2009 (5.7) • 5 Aug 2009 (6.1) • 18 Mar 2010 (5.6)