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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.
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 ...
New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency had warned of a tsunami threat following a magnitude 8.1 quake. 3 powerful earthquakes hit off New Zealand coast, topped by magnitude 8.1 ...
New Zealand was rattled by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake Wednesday morning but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency said the ...
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.
The 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes were a series of earthquakes with magnitudes of 8.1 and 7.4 that occurred at 19:28:31 UTC on 4 March 2021. The epicentres were located southeast of Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands, part of the New Zealand outlying islands. [6]
Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand -37.563 179.444 0 7.3 M w (USGS) Centred 174km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand, at a depth of 20.8km. [9] March 4, 2021 17:41 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand see 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes-29.665 -177.834 0 7.4 M w (USGS) Centred 970km NNE of 'Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga, at a depth of 53.1km. [10 ...
That November, the magnitude-7.8 Kaikoura earthquake rumbled off the east side of New Zealand’s South Island, killing two and causing more than a billion dollars in damage.