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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 50.53 S°, 162.86 E°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 38.53 S°, 174.86 E° 		Overview Map
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.        
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.            
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
18
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Dec 23 2011 00:58 5.8 10     NEW ZEALAND: SOUTH ISLAND: CHRISTCHURCH 43.49° S / 172.8° E
Dec 03 2011 06:19 5.7 56     NEW ZEALAND: COOK STRAIT 41.36° S / 174.31° E
Jun 13 2011 02:20 6.0 6     NEW ZEALAND: SOUTH ISLAND: CANTERBURY 43.56° S / 172.74° E
Feb 21 2011 23:51 6.3 6   363 NEW ZEALAND: CHRISTCHURCH, LYTTLETON 43.58° S / 172.68° E
Sep 07 2010 00:19 5.0 6 7 0 NEW ZEALAND: SOUTH ISLAND: CANTERBURY 43.6° S / 172.69° E
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Jan 01 1826 00:00 8.0 0 0 NEW ZEALAND: FJORDLAND 45.8° S / 166.5° E
Jul 15 2009 00:09 7.8 12 0 NEW ZEALAND: OFF WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND 45.76° S / 166.56° E
May 25 1981 00:05 7.6 33 0 NEW ZEALAND: W OF NORTH ISLAND 48.79° S / 164.36° E
Jun 16 1929 00:22 7.6 0 17 NEW ZEALAND: SOUTH ISLAND 41.75° S / 172.25° E
Oct 12 1979 00:10 7.5 33 5 0 NEW ZEALAND: W OF NORTH ISLAND 46.68° S / 165.71° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
0
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.        

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Mar 11 2011 22:12 NEW ZEALAND TIMARU 0.8   44.39° S / 171.25° E
Feb 27 2010 20:40 NEW ZEALAND LYTTELTON 1.0 0 43.61° S / 172.72° E
Sep 29 2009 01:00 NEW ZEALAND TIMARU 0.3 0 44.39° S / 171.25° E
Jul 15 2009 09:56 NEW ZEALAND JACKSON BAY 0.5 0 43.98° S / 168.62° E
Sep 30 2007 08:27 NEW ZEALAND DOG ISLAND 0.2 0 46.65° S / 168.41° E
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
May 10 1877 00:00 NEW ZEALAND PORT CHALMERS 6.0 0 45.82° S / 170.65° E
Aug 13 1868 00:00 NEW ZEALAND LYTTELTON 4.0 0 43.61° S / 172.72° E
Jan 23 1855 00:00 NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON 3.0 0 41.28° S / 174.78° E
Jun 17 1929 00:00 NEW ZEALAND KARAMEA 2.5 0 41.25° S / 172.12° E
Feb 22 1913 00:00 NEW ZEALAND NGAKAWAU 1.5 0 41.62° S / 171.88° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.          

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
118-153

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
1,271,696 62,138
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
1,283,784 21,359
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
1,308,796 13,900
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
1,305,597 12,091
Countries
Country
New Zealand
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
New Zealand Christchurch 250,000 to 500,000 Provincial capital 43.52° S / 172.64° E
New Zealand Wellington 250,000 to 500,000 National and provincial capital 41.33° S / 174.81° E
New Zealand Dunedin 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 45.88° S / 170.47° E
New Zealand Invercargill 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 46.41° S / 168.37° E
New Zealand Greymouth Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 42.47° S / 171.21° E
New Zealand Nelson Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 41.3° S / 173.25° E
New Zealand New Plymouth Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 39.07° S / 174.08° E

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
ALEXANDRA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00752 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZLX 45.21° S / 169.37° E
GLENTANNER Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01824 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZGT 43.91° S / 170.13° E
HOKITIKA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00146 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZHK 42.71° S / 170.99° E
MANAPOURI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00687 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZMO 45.53° S / 167.65° E
MOUNT COOK Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 02153 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZMC 43.77° S / 170.13° E
OAMARU Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00099 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZOU 44.97° S / 171.08° E
PUKAKI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01575 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZUK 44.23° S / 170.12° E
TIMARU Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00089 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZTU 44.3° S / 171.23° E
WANAKA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01142 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZWF 44.73° S / 169.24° E
WESTPORT Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00013 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZWS 41.74° S / 171.58° E
WIGRAM Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00074 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZWG 43.55° S / 172.55° E
CHRISTCHURCH INTL Active civil airport 00123 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZCH 43.49° S / 172.53° E
DUNEDIN Active civil airport 00004 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZDN 45.93° S / 170.2° E
INVERCARGILL Active civil airport 00005 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZNV 46.41° S / 168.31° E
NELSON Active civil airport 00017 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZNS 41.3° S / 173.22° E
NEW PLYMOUTH Active civil airport 00097 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZNP 39.01° S / 174.18° E
QUEENSTOWN Active civil airport 01171 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZQN 45.02° S / 168.74° E
WELLINGTON INTL Active civil airport 00041 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZWN 41.33° S / 174.81° E
WOODBOURNE Active civil airport 00109 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=NZWB 41.52° S / 173.87° E
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Urban 2,967 0.2
Rural 159,954 13
Not classified 1,105,946 87
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 69,749 44
Open Shrublands 31,451 20
Grasslands 28,838 18
Croplands 11,563 7
Woody Savannas 5,758 4
Savannas 4,593 3
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 1,975 1.2
Unclassified 1,851 1.2
Closed Shrublands 902 0.6
Snow and Ice 778 0.5
Urban and Built-Up 312 0.2
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 89 0.06
Mixed Forests 56 0.04
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 40 0.03
Permanent Wetlands 26 0.02
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 21 0.01
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 5 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
-5 2,987 603
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  May Jun Jul
low 2.4 .6 -.2
high 10.3 8.1 7.2
Average Precipitation
  May Jun Jul
mm/day 5.2 5.1 5.0
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
CHRISTCHURCH INT Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00 55.4F 12.0 SW Scattered clouds 3000 ft. Broken clouds 4700 ft. 43.47° S / 172.55° E
WELLINGTON INTL Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00 55.4F 28.0 S Few clouds 1500 ft. Broken clouds 1700 ft. 41.32° S / 174.8° E

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