20 Sep 2023

Timaru deputy mayor on major quake

From Nine To Noon, 9:20 am on 20 September 2023
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Canterbury on 20 September at 9.14am.

Photo: Supplied / Geonet

There's been a strong earthquake in Canterbury this morning, which struck just after 9am.

Reports of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, centred about 45 kilometres north of Geraldine, was ten kilometres deep and caused strong shaking.

Thousands of reports are coming into GeoNet's website - as well as into our text line this morning.

Among them Scott Shannon, deputy mayor of Timaru and a John, a Pleasant Point resident.