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Natural disasters in Canterbury, New Zealand

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No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from EMSC arrived 2 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

17, recorded here, since 8 March 2026

4 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 28 October 2026 (4 days ago).

The 11th strongest of the 17 recorded here since 8 March 2026.

By month

March 20262
May 20261
August 20261
September 20268
October 20265

September 2026 is the most active month of the 5 in our series here, with 8 events.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

M 3.2 Earthquake

28 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

16 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.6 Earthquake

16 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 150)

3 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 20 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

1 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 164)

27 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 157)

27 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 29 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 177)

26 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 162)

24 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 29 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 156)

17 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 37 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 164)

10 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 172)

4 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 155)

1 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 41 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.2 Earthquake

27 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.3 Earthquake

31 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.6 Earthquake

19 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 0 · version not recorded EarthquakesLow

M 3.1 Earthquake

8 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 5 · version not recorded

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