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Earthquake Shakes Ice from New Zealand Glacier

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake that ravaged Christchurch also broke 30 million tons of ice off the Tasman Glacier.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published March 4, 2011
Data acquired March 2, 2011

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Terra > ASTER