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Two 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes shook the lower North Island of New Zealand on 24 June and 2 August. They were large and shallow with epicentres close together...

This is a list of large earthquakes that have occurred in New Zealand. Only earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater are listed, except for a few...

1855, the two 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes of magnitude 6.9 on 24 June 1942 and 6.8 on 1 August 1942, and the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on...

New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 8 August 1979. Retrieved 30 March 2015. "Wairarapa tsunami, 23 January 1855 – Tsunami – GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 22 February...

shoreline in 1840, indicating the extent of reclamation. The 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes caused considerable damage in Wellington. The area has high seismic...

in Dixon Street. While the second storey was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, the building still stands today as the Lone Star restaurant....

deadly earthquakes since 1900 List of historical earthquakes List of megathrust earthquakes List of natural disasters by death toll "Earthquakes with 50...

This is a list of earthquakes in 1942. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused...

Zealand, North Island Though built of timber —in view of the 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, fortunately — it was conceived as a brick building and the working...

Masterton. In June 1942, Tauweru was the epicentre of one of the most destructive earthquakes since European settlement of the Wairarapa in the mid-19th...

clock tower atop the post office that was damaged in the 24 June 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. The Bank of New South Wales, showing confidence in Carterton...

building. The resident population was 1,500 in the 1940s. After the 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes, 800 patients had to be moved to other hospitals. Subsequently...

June First US Troop arrived 1942 at Waitematā Harbour in Auckland. 24 June – A severe earthquake, the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake struck the lower North Island...

post office on Main Street, the clock was removed following the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake for safety reasons and placed into storage. In 1953 local business...

Paul's Dive Planet. Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1929 Arthur's Pass and Murchison earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated...

rockfall was recorded along the Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa coastline, where the Mercalli intensity of the earthquake was VII and VIII. The cliffs from Cape Kidnappers...

"Can earthquakes be predicted?". Predict Weather. Retrieved 31 March 2011. Nathan Crombie (21 March 2011). "Ring prediction dismissed". Wairarapa Times-Age...

runs east through the Manawatū Gorge to Woodville, where it meets the Wairarapa Line, and then proceeds to Hastings and Napier in Hawke's Bay before following...

during World War II, so in 1942 the Chateau was commandeered by the Health Department as an asylum when the Wairarapa earthquakes damaged Porirua Psychiatric...

Day" Earthquakes" (PDF). Earthquake Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024. "New Zealand Earthquake Report...