The Napier Earthquake

  The Napier Earthquake

In 1931 the Napier Earthquake happened ,the Napier Earthquake is also known as the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake. It happened at 10:47 3rd of February 1931 . The earthquake killed

256 and thousands injured. The Magnitude was 7.8 Meters, the Depth was 20 km (12 mi) and Epicenter was 39.3°S 177.0°E. But there was no tsunami. Only a few buildings in the central Napier area survived. Some withstood the earthquake only to be gutted by fire. Trapped people had to be left to burn as people were unable to free them in time. By Wednesday morning, the main fires were out, but the ruins still smoldered for several days. There were 525 aftershocks recorded in the following two weeks, with 597 being recorded by the end of February. The main shock could be felt in most of New Zealand. It remains New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.       

For reading and writing we had to make a doc about a natural disaster that has happened in New Zealand.

I did mine on the Napier Earthquake.

Kate.