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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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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe long term effects on the Napier landscape were quite substantial. The whole area tilted upwards by about seven feet. 2230 hectares were raised to sea level. Most of the major buildings in the city were completely destroyed. Roads and communications acsoss the whole area were cut. It just so happened, however, that the Royal Navy Ship, HMS Veronica, was docked at the Port of Napier. So, it was by way of the Ship's radio that the rest of New Zealand was notified of the calamity. People were afraid to enter their homes for days and found accommodations at the local Motor Camp or on the beach. Their were about 150 aftershocks in the 24 hours after the main shock. Over the next two weeks, there would be 525 such aftershocks.
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∙ 12y agomost people living in Napier had never experienced an earthquake of this size before so it traumatized most people. also it ruined roads and train tracks so it was hard for people to get in or out of the city
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∙ 13y agoIt affected the people strangely as they had not experienced earthquake before much, so it scared them a lot. Written by someone from New Zealand.
The environment was slightly affected.
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∙ 13y agoThe 1931 Napier Earthquake lasted for two and a half minutes and measured about 7.8 on the Richter Scale
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∙ 13y agoTime and hard work.
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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
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.
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 is the likelihood of a napier earthquake?
not likely
What did napier experience in 1931?
An earthquake
Is the Napier earthquake the worst in NZ?
yes it was
When did A 7.9 earthquake hit napier?
1931
What did the government do about the 1931 Napier earthquake?
they did nothing
What year did the Napier earthquake devastate New Zealand?
the earthquake happened in 1931
How much was paid for the damage of the napier earthquake?
the cost of the repairs in the 1931 earthquake was equal to the cost of repairs in the napier earthquake hope this helped ;)
How many aftershocks were there after the napier earthquake?
there were 525 after shocks two weeks after the amin earthquake
