New Zealand Earthquake Report - May 21 2011 at 7:30 am (NZST)

Magnitude 3.0, Saturday, May 21 2011 at 7:30 am (NZST), Within 5 km of Christchurch.

Quake Details

Information about this earthquake:

Reference Number	3516408 [View event in Google Maps] [View Felt Reports in Google Maps]
Universal Time	May 20 2011 at 19:30
NZ Standard Time	Saturday, May 21 2011 at 7:30 am
Latitude, Longitude	43.57°S, 172.64°E
Focal Depth	7 km
Richter magnitude	3.0
Region	Canterbury
Location	Within 5 km of Christchurch New Zealand and other areas in the Pacific Ocean passed the May 21, 6 p.m. local time unscathed, despite predictions by Harold Camping that the hour would signal the beginning of the end of the world, many seemed to breathe a public sigh of relief -- some tongue-in-cheek and others more seriously -- on Twitter and other social media forums. Although it was not the first time Oakland-based Camping, 89, forecast the apocalypse, this date marked the most attention-grabbing of his doomsday predictions. The unprecedented publicity was spurred by a worldwide $100-million campaign of caravans and billboards, financed by the sale and swap of TV and radio stations. Camping broadcast what he told viewers would be his final "Open Forum" TV and radio show Thursday night. The Times' Christopher Goffard reported that when Camping, a former engineer, wrapped up the program he's hosted for decades, he shook hands with a couple of crewmen. "I probably won't see you again," he announced. The map above shows recent seismic activity in the world, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey on Saturday morning, shortly after midnight in Los Angeles.