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Damage to the Hawkes Bay Tribune building. The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on 3 February, killing 256, [3] injuring thousands and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. It remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.
As a result, New Zealand has very stringent building regulations. 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.
The 1863 Hawke's Bay earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 M w earthquake that struck near the town of Waipukurau on 23 February 1863. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It remained the single largest earthquake to strike Hawke's Bay until 1931, where a magnitude 7.8 quake levelled much of Napier and Hastings , and killed 256 people.
On 3 February 1931, the magnitude 7.8 Hawke's Bay earthquake occurred, which destroyed the technical college, and killed nine students. [3] [Note 1] The first earthquake caused parts of the outer brick walls to fall out onto the street, and the second earthquake caused the first floor to collapse on the ground floor classrooms. [3]
1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake: earthquake 3 Feb 1931: 20 km north of Napier: 200 + 1820s Southland tsunami: tsunami 1820 s Orepuki beach Possibly more than 200 killed 189: HMS Orpheus: shipwreck 7 Feb 1863: off Manukau Heads, near Auckland: 185 [3] 2011 Christchurch earthquake: earthquake 22 Feb 2011: Christchurch: 151: Tangiwai disaster: train ...
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.
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.
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. Before the earthquake, the lagoon stretched several kilometres from north to south, and covered roughly 4000 hectares (ha), or 40 km 2.