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PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE 

REPORT<BR><BR>                             

GNS 

SCIENCE<BR>                          

GeoNet Data 

Centre<BR>                       

Lower Hutt, New 

Zealand<BR>                       

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href="">http://www.geonet.org.nz</A><BR><BR><BR>        

The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS 

Science:<BR><BR>        Reference 

number:        

3366146/G<BR>        Universal 

Time:          3 September 2010 at 

16:35<BR>        NZ Standard 

Time:        Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 

4:35 am<BR>        Latitude, 

Longitude:     43.54�S, 

172.23�E<BR>        

Location:                

30 km west of Christchurch<BR>        Focal 

depth:             

33 km<BR>        Richter 

magnitude:       

7.4<BR><BR>        Web page: <A 

href="">http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html</A><BR> <BR>Widely 

felt throughout New Zealand.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>