Aylesbury, New Zealand

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Aylesbury, New Zealand
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Aylesbury
Coordinates: 43°32′S172°16′E / 43.533°S 172.267°E / -43.533; 172.267
Country New Zealand
Region Canterbury
Territorial authority Selwyn District
Time zone UTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+13 (NZDT)

Aylesbury is a settlement in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. [1] It can be found between the towns of Rolleston and Kirwee. [1]

The epicentre of the 7.1 magnitude Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010, was very close to Aylesbury and the largest land surface fractures were in this locality. [2]

Aylesbury was the scene of a train derailment on 4 June 1943, with three fatalities and twenty people injured. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903.
  2. ↑ "City awakes to billion-dollar aftershock". The New Zealand Herald. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Otago Daily Times, Issue 25392, 25 November 1943, Page 6 cited in the National Library of New Zealand


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