}}</ref> up to magnitude 5.4.<ref name=GeoNet_4:55>{{cite web |url=http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366452g.html |title=New Zealand Earthquake Report - Sep 4 2010 at {{Nowrap|4:55 pm}} (NZST) |author= |date=4 September 2010 |work=GeoNet |publisher= |accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref> berkekuatan 5.4 skala richter.<ref name=GeoNet_4:55>{{cite web |url=http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366452g.html |title=New Zealand Earthquake Report - Sep 4 2010 at {{Nowrap|4:55 pm}} (NZST) |author= |date=4 September 2010 |work=GeoNet |publisher= |accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref> Gempa utama berlangsung selama 40 detik<ref name="BBC"/> dan terasa di seluruh Pulau Selatan hingga di [[New Plymouth]], [[Pulau Utara]].<ref name=Marlborough>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/4096260/Marlborough-Kaikoura-escape-worst-of-quake |title=Marlborough, Kaikoura escape worst of quake |author=Van Der Heide, Maike |date=4 September 2010 |work=The Marlborough Express |accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref> Gempa ini tidak berpotensi [[tsunami]] karena pusat gempa berada di daratan.<ref name=GeoNet_article>{{cite web |url=http://www.geonet.org.nz/news/article-sep-4-2010-christchurch-earthquake.html |title=Sep 4, 2010 - Darfield earthquake damages Canterbury |author= |date=4 September 2010 |work=GeoNet |publisher=[[Earthquake Commission]] and [[GNS Science]] |accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref>
