How many aftershocks after napier earthquake

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The Ahuriri Lagoon in Napier was raised drastically in the earthquake, changing the coastline significantly and leaving hundreds of fish and horse mussels exposed on dry land.

The earthquake was felt throughout most of New Zealand except for areas in the far south and the far north. It also deformed the surface of the land in the surrounding area, pushing up a long dome running northeast-southwest. The dome was 17 km wide and over 90 km long, and extended from the northeast of the Mohaka River mouth to southwest of Hastings.

The ground was raised by up to 2. Along the dome created by the earthquake, some rock folded under the pressure, while at the south-western end about 15 km of rock was broken by surface faulting. Says one survivor, Agnes Bennett:. It was a pleasure to see the tents being set up with military precision — marines and bluejackets were in evidence and a good fire and a big oven gave promise… Volunteer workers were busy and the Nelson Park camp was the most promising bit of organising that one had seen.

The dull expressionless faces were disappearing and life and interest had begun to return. The evacuation effort progressed steadily. By 7 February nearly 5, people were evacuated, some by ship, some by car, and others by train. Fires continued to threaten the town through the evening of the 5 February and the aftershocks continued on for many days.

Of the killed, 93 died in Hastings, three in Wairoa, and in Napier. Two victims were never identified. All this made relief and evacuation easier, but by no means put Napier back on its feet. Hastings and Wairoa had also been very badly damaged.

In the end, the death toll reached , with dead in Napier, 93 in Hastings and 3 in Wairoa. On the morning of February 10 th , with the groundwork for recovery established, Veronica left Napier for Auckland. Napier would be reconstructing for another thirty years, through which time it gained new character and livelihood. The service offered by the Royal New Zealand Navy in those first few days was never forgotten.

During Art Deco Weekend usually held in February, the citizens of Napier took to the streets in true Art Deco fashion to celebrate the flavour of their city. A variety of events took place from day to night, from concerts to lectures, movies to boat races. As in the past, the Navy was in attendance.

A military ceremony is performed here in remembrance of those who died in the earthquake of and in celebration of the courageous relief parties. The tram tracks in Napier were twisted out of place. As power was lost, trams came to a halt all over Napier. When the city was rebuilt, the tram lines were not restored.

One year-old man was buried in the earthquake rubble, but was finally dug out alive, three days later. In Hastings almost buildings were destroyed. The most deaths were in a department store, but there were also many who died in the public library. Hastings also suffered from fires and the firefighters had problems with their water supply, but the spread of the fire was not as great as in Napier. The earthquake was felt in most of New Zealand, apart from the Auckland peninsula and Otago.

The hands of the clock on the band rotunda in Napier stopped at the time the earthquake struck, am. The sailors from the HMS Veronica and other ships in the area collected supplies of food and other goods from the evacuated buildings in Napier and took them to the emergency camp and hospital set up at Greenmeadows.

This camp stayed in operation for six weeks after the earthquake. The day after the earthquake, Napier was officially evacuated. With water and sewage pipes out of action, the risk of disease was high. Over people left the city, including many of the injured that could be moved. Half-destroyed buildings were completely demolished in the interests of safety.

Explosives were used to make a hole in the cemetery big enough for 54 coffins in the first burial service. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7. Instead it heaved up the land and set off two smaller faults which broke on the surface. The present Napier airport stands on land which was once part of the lagoon. The impact of the earthquake was greater than the Murchison earthquake a year earlier, because it struck in an area where there was a higher population.