1843 Wanganui earthquake

Earthquake in New Zealand November 2024 January 2019 1843 Wanganui earthquake New Zealand 1 yes 1843-07-09 8 July 1843 8 July 1843 w y 7+ en-UK 40 00 S 176 03 E inline,title New Zealand near Whanganui, North Island 2 deaths 10 The 1843 Whanganui earthquake occurred on 8 July at 16:45 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the w y scale.https://books.google.com/books?id=VNw4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA32 A descriptive catalogue of New Zealand earthquakes Eiby George New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1968 11 1 30–32 10.1080/00288306.1968.10423671 1968NZJGG..11...16E subscription Significant earthquake http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=1851&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead https://archive.today/20140828212423/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=1851&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display 28 August 2014 28 August 2014 National Geophysical Data Center It had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, possibly reaching X (Extreme). The epicentre was estimated to be within a zone extending 50 km northeast from Whanganui towards Taihape, with GNS Science placing it 35 km east of TaihapeGeoNet – Quakes http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/newzealand/2177691 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044649/http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/newzealand/2177691 8 December 2015 12 January 2015 near the border of Hawke's Bay. This was the first recordedCivil Defence Emergency Management Group Southland. Page on earthquake hazards http://www.civildefence.co.nz/index.php?p=earthquakes dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131405/http://www.civildefence.co.nz/index.php?p=earthquakes 3 September 2014 28 August 2014 earthquake in New Zealand with a magnitude over 7 and the first with recorded deaths.http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/d8801enz1.pdf Eileen McSaveney Eileen R. McSaveney Landslide related fatalities Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 28 August 2014 27 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160227175446/http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/d8801enz1.pdf dead Tectonic setting New Zealand is located along the boundary between the Australian and Pacific plates. The South Island experiences most of the plate displacement along the Alpine Fault, a dextral strike-slip fault with a major reverse component. In the North Island, displacement occurs mainly along the Kermadec subduction zone and the North Island Fault System (NIFS).Mouslopoulou Vasiliki Tectonics of Strike-Slip Restraining and Releasing Bends. Nicol Andy Little Timothy Walsh John Geological Society 2007 Cunningham, W. D. Special Publication 290 London 387–415 Terminations of large strike-slip faults: an alternative model from New Zealand 10.1144/SP290.15 Mann, P. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/1/387 amp 1 The Marlborough fault system in the northern end of the South Island transfers displacement between transform and convergent plate boundaries.1991 Hope fault, Jordan thrust, and uplift of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, New Zealand http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/content/19/4/393.abstract Geology 19 4 393–396 1991Geo....19..393V 10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0393:HFJTAU>2.3.CO;2 subscription Van Dissen Russ Yeats Robert The 1843 earthquake epicenter is not linked to any known fault. Earthquake characteristics The earthquake, which lasted for three minutes near Mokoia, was felt across much of North Island. It was estimated to have a magnitude of 7.5 based on the extent of the area experiencing severe shaking. Ten aftershocks were reported on the same day, with additional shocks occurring until January 1845. Damage The Whanganui area experienced severe damage reaching IX–X on the Mercalli intensity scale. Numerous houses were damaged, and a brick church in Putiki was destroyed. Lateral spreading occurred along the terrace margin to the Whanganui River, and a portion of Shakespeare Cliff collapsed into the river. Two fatalities resulted from landslides triggered by the earthquake, as a house was swept away.A tremulous motion, Barry Hawkins See also 1848 Marlborough earthquake List of earthquakes in New Zealand List of historical earthquakes References Category:Earthquakes in New Zealand Category:History of Manawatū-Whanganui Wanganui Category:1843 in New Zealand Category:July 1843 Category:1843 disasters in New Zealand