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The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, ... Today, this area is the location of Hawke's Bay Airport, [11] housing and industrial developments and farmland. [citation needed]
Hawke's Bay: 6.1: 5.5 [34] 12 km: 39.85°S: 176.58°E: Felt throughout lower North Island, damaging in Hawke's Bay 10 December 1958 Mayor Island Bay of Plenty 6.1 285 km 37.27°S 176.72°E Felt throughout North Island and upper South Island 14 September 1959: Raoul Island: Kermadec Islands: 7.8: 35 km: 28.82°S: 177.07°W: Felt in the East half ...
Lake Waikaremoana, situated in northern Hawke's Bay, roughly 35 km from the coast, is the largest lake in Hawke's Bay, the fourth largest in the North Island and the 16th largest in New Zealand. The region has a hill with the longest place name in New Zealand, and the longest in the world according to the 2009 Guinness Book of Records.
Outline map of the area around Napier before and after the 1931 earthquake Hawke's Bay Airport occupies part of the land raised from what was Ahuriri Lagoon. Ahuriri Lagoon (Māori: Te Whanganui-a-Orotū) was a large tidal lagoon at Napier, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, that largely drained when the area was raised by the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on Tuesday 3 February 1931, killing 256 and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. It remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster. Centred 15 km north of Napier, it lasted for two and a half minutes and measured magnitude 7.8.
A small earthquake was reported in Northern California on Friday afternoon. A 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook San Jose about 3:15 p.m. local time. According to the United States Geological Survey ...
The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on Tuesday 3 February 1931, killing 256 and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. It remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster. Centred 15 km north of Napier, it lasted for two and a half minutes and measured magnitude 7.8.
Hawke's Bay [13] 1924: Landslide: 1: Napier: Hawke's Bay: Slip happened on Shakespeare Rd. [13] 1924: Tsunami: Chatham Islands: Unknown: Maximum wave heights of 6m [14] 1929: Weather: 1: East coast of New Zealand: Bay of Plenty, Otago: Cyclone, caused violent wind in northeastern North Island and flooding throughout Dunedin and coastal Otago ...