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Tuesday morning, 3 February 1931 at 10.47 a.m. A very big earthquake happened, it spanned for about two and a half minutes, and on the Richter scale it was 7.8 and one of the biggest earthquakes in New Zealand.
The first victims of the earthquake was the people that ran out onto the streets and got hit by the masonry. Within minutes of the earthquake, fire began in three Napier chemist shops in the business district. Hastings and Napier suffered from fires and the firefighters had problems with their water supply. The main roads in both Napier and Hastings were blocked by mountains of rubble. Ten days after the quake, a powerful aftershock of magnitude 7.3 hit and made everything worse. The total number of people who died was 256.
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What did the government do about the 1931 Napier earthquake?
they did nothing
What city was hit by a big earthquake in 1931?
Napier. 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
How did the napier earthquake occur?
usually an earthquake occurs because underneath the earths crust are tectonic plates and when they move occasionlly one will get caught but the outside is still moving and that causes an earthquake
Where did the sumatra earthquake happen?
the sumatra earthquake happened in sumatra
How big was the earthquake in napier on 1931?
magnitude: 7.8 depth: 20km its was located in hawks bay. 256 people died and thousands were injured
Was the 1931 hawkes bay earthquake the same as the napier earthquake?
yes the Hawkes bay earthquake is the some as the Napier earthquake
Who was involved in napier earthquake?
It is Napier and Hastings who were involved of course
Was there an tsunami after the Napier earthquake?
no
What did napier experience in 1931?
An earthquake
What is the likelihood of a napier earthquake?
not likely
Is the Napier earthquake the worst in NZ?
yes it was
What did the government do about the 1931 Napier earthquake?
they did nothing
When did A 7.9 earthquake hit napier?
1931
What year did the Napier earthquake devastate New Zealand?
the earthquake happened in 1931
What fault line did the 1931 napier earthquake happen on?
The Napier-Hastings fault. Its' a blind fault and only ruptured he surface along a 15km stretch of the fault.
What changed when the napier earthquake hit?
how did it hanppen how did it hanppen
How many people were missing from the Napier earthquake?
No one went missing as a result of the earthquake.
