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The 1929 Murchison earthquake and 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake led to the development of stricter building codes in New Zealand from 1935. [ 3 ] Quite early on, European settlers were faced with the reality of earthquakes in their new home.
List of earthquakes in New Zealand ~ Template:Earthquakes in New Zealand; 0–9. 1835 Auckland earthquake; 1843 Wanganui earthquake; 1848 Marlborough earthquake;
The Christchurch Fault is an active seismic fault running under the city of Christchurch in the middle of New Zealand's South Island.. It runs from an area close to Riccarton, under the Central City, through the eastern suburbs off the coast of New Brighton.
The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake measured 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale and struck the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand at 1.42 pm on 2 March. [3] The hypocentre was at a shallow depth of 8 km.
This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths in New Zealand. [1] [2]
New Zealand geology database (includes faults) The Auckland regional geologic faults have low seismic activity, [ 6 ] [ 1 ] compared to much of New Zealand, but do result in an earthquake risk to the Auckland metropolitan area, New Zealand 's largest city.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck New Zealand, just one day after a devastating cyclone forced a state of emergency across much of the country.. The quake occurred under the Cook Strait ...
The main magnitude 8.1 earthquake was preceded by a magnitude 7.4 foreshock [7] and followed by a magnitude 6.1 aftershock. [8] A separate, unrelated magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand, approximately 900 km to the south, several hours before the main quakes. [9]