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The Darfield earthquake caused severe building damage in mid-Canterbury, particularly to the city of Christchurch. It revealed the existence of a hidden west-east fault under the gravels of the Canterbury Plains.
Location history for this earthquake. The automatic earthquake location system makes many locations for each quake. Not all quakes have a location history.