2014 Eketāhuna earthquake

Earthquake affecting North Island, New Zealand October 2024 July 2014 2014-01-20 02:52:44 usb000m4i4 604055704 20 January 2014 yes 3:52 pm NZDT (UTC+13) New Zealand 6.2 l y 1,112 0.26 g 34 km mi 0 en-UK -40.62 175.86 inline,title region:NZ_type:event Oblique-normal New Zealand 3 injured VII The 2014 Eketāhuna earthquake struck at 3:52 pm on 20 January, centred 15 km east of Eketāhuna in the south-east of New Zealand's North Island. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale.https://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/wellington/2014p051675 New Zealand Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.2, Mon, Jan 20 2014, 3:52:45 pm (NZDT) GeoNet 28 August 2014 The magnitude 6.2 earthquake was followed by a total of 1,112 recorded aftershocks, ranging between magnitudes 2.0 and 4.9.http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/home/Future+Scenarios+and+Aftershocks Future Scenarios and Aftershocks GeoNet 8 July 2014 Tectonic setting New Zealand lies along the boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and Pacific plates. In the South Island most of the relative displacement between these plates is taken up along a single dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault with a major reverse component, the Alpine Fault. In the North Island the displacement is mainly taken up along the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, although the remaining dextral strike-slip component of the relative plate motion is accommodated by the North Island Fault System (NIFS).http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/290/1/387.abstract Tectonics of Strike-Slip Restraining and Releasing Bends Cunningham, W. D. Mann, P. Special Publications Geological Society of London 290 Terminations of large strike-slip faults: an alternative model from New Zealand Mouslopoulou, V. Nicol, A. Little, T.A. Walsh, J.J. 2007 387–415 9781862392380 The focal mechanism of the earthquake, its depth and the distribution of aftershocks show that it was a result of oblique normal faulting within the upper part of the subducting Pacific plate, with the rupture terminating upwards at the plate interface.2014AGUFM.S32B..01A The 2014 Mw6.2 Eketahuna earthquake, Hikurangi subduction zone – normal faulting in the subducted Pacific Plate crust 32 AGU Fall Meeting 2014, Abstracts Abercrombie R.E. Bannister, S.C. Francois-Holden, C. Hamling, I. J. Ristau, J. P. 2014 Earthquake Originally reported as magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was later downgraded to a magnitude of 6.2. A total of 1112 aftershocks were recorded, ranging between magnitudes 2.0 and 4.9. A peak ground acceleration of 0.26 g was recorded at Woodville, with 0.2 g being recorded in Paraparaumu and under 0.05 g being recorded in Wellington city.21 January 2014 Quake links investigated https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9632452/Quake-links-investigated 29 January 2025 Stuff Damage and effects It was felt strongly down the country, from Auckland in the north to Dunedin in the south, and more than 9,000 reports were submitted by the public to GeoNet, the geological hazards monitoring network. The earthquake caused damage to walls and chimneys, cracks in roads to form, rockfall to occur at cliffs, power outages to about 5,600 homes21 January 2014 Claims flood in after quake https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9630529/more-quakes-forecast-after-powerful-6-2-shake 29 January 2025 The Dominion Post Stuff and the giant hanging eagle in Wellington Airport to fall to the ground. Telecom experienced an overloaded network and Vodafone had an outage in Feilding.20 January 2014 NZ quake: What you need to know https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9629805/NZ-quake-What-you-need-to-know 29 January 2025 Stuff Roads were closed in the lower North Island,http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11189343 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits lower North Island The New Zealand Herald 20 January 2014 17 June 2016 and freight and commuter rail was stopped. On the day after the earthquake, all state highways were open and rail services returned. The Earthquake Commission, (EQC) received 5,013 claims, 1,514 of them from Palmerston North. Minor to moderate damage was also reported in Eketāhuna, Wellington, Masterton, Carterton, Kāpiti Coast, Pahiatua, Levin and Ōtaki.http://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/eketahuna-claims-update Eketahuna Claims Update | EQC Earthquake Commission Eqc.govt.nz 24 April 2014 17 June 2016 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030640/http://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/eketahuna-claims-update dead Three 1920s-style buildings in Masterton were evacuated after cracks appeared. One building needed to be demolished. According to The New Zealand Herald, two people were injured as a result of falls. In Palmerston North two drums containing chemicals fell over and broke, causing the chemicals to mix and resulted in three people being hospitalised.21 January 2014 Severe quake rattles lower North Island https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9629660/Severe-quake-rattles-lower-North-Island 29 January 2025 Stuff Hokowhitu Lagoon in Palmerston North is thought to have suffered water-bed damage leading to water leaking. Currently no fix is in place to solve this.http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/74819448/Divers-will-be-sent-into-the-Hokowhitu-lagoon-to-learn-more-about-leak Divers will be sent into the Hokowhitu lagoon to learn more about leak 7 December 2015 Janine Rankin The Manawatu Standard Thousands of people online, including the Palmerston North City Council, shared a picture of road damage that was claimed as being a road going towards Pongaroa, but it was instead a picture from the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake.22 January 2014 Council shares fake quake photo https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9637398/Council-shares-fake-quake-photo 29 January 2025 Manawatu Standard See also List of earthquakes in 2014 List of earthquakes in New Zealand References External links Computer Simulations of Earthquake Waves – GNS Science 604055704 Eketāhuna earthquake Category:2014 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in New Zealand Category:Tararua District Category:Eketāhuna Category:2014 disasters in New Zealand