Seddon earthquake

The Seddon earthquake occurred on July 14, 2013, in New Zealand’s South Island, near the town of Seddon. It was a magnitude 6.5 quake caused by the movement of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates along a fault line. The earthquake’s energy released caused ground shaking, damaging buildings and infrastructure, and resulting in several injuries. Being a strike-slip fault, the motion was horizontal, similar to sliding a book across a table. The event highlighted the region’s seismic activity and the importance of earthquake preparedness in fault-prone areas.