New Zealand Earthquakes
On 17 June 1929 a major earthquake shook many parts of New Zealand, causing most of the devastation in the Murchison area, where 10 people died. The earthquake caused landslides, broken dams and floods and killed a total of 17 people.
In 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake – 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings, and 2 in Wairoa. Many thousands more required medical treatment. At 10.47 am on 3 February, 1931, a violent shock followed closely by a second rocked Hawke’s Bay for almost three minutes.
On 24 May 1968 an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale, hit the town of Inangahua junction near the Buller Gorge, virtually destroying all its buildings and causing damage from Greymouth and Hokitika to Nelson. Three people were killed in the quake, and 3 more in a rescue helicopter. 50 year-old Frederick John Jackson, while trying to get help for his wife, walked 15 km on a broken ankle.
In 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings. At least 256 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake – 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings, and 2 in Wairoa. Many thousands more required medical treatment. At 10.47 am on 3 February, 1931, a violent shock followed closely by a second rocked Hawke’s Bay for almost three minutes.
On 24 May 1968 an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale, hit the town of Inangahua junction near the Buller Gorge, virtually destroying all its buildings and causing damage from Greymouth and Hokitika to Nelson. Three people were killed in the quake, and 3 more in a rescue helicopter. 50 year-old Frederick John Jackson, while trying to get help for his wife, walked 15 km on a broken ankle.
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