1901 Cheviot earthquake

Earthquake in New Zealand October 2024 January 2024 1901 Cheviot earthquake New Zealand 1901-11-15 20:15 16 November 1901 07:47 NZT n/a 16957744 6.9 33 km South Island, New Zealand 1 death The 1901 Cheviot earthquake occurred at 07:47 NZT on 16 November 1901 (20:15 15 November UTC)https://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2013) IISEE 14 May 2019 with an estimated magnitude of 6.9, centred near the township of Cheviot in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Damage and casualties thumb|left|McTaggart's butcher shop in Cheviot after the earthquake A baby was killed when a sod hut collapsed.This Week in History http://data.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/2004_11_01_historyarch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100819070148/http://data.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/2004_11_01_historyarch.html dead 19 August 2010 GNS Science Other casualties in the Canterbury region are not known. The top of ChristChurch Cathedral's spire fell, as had occurred in the 1888 North Canterbury earthquake. Its stone structure was subsequently replaced with a more resilient design. Observations of sand blows (sand volcano) and lateral spreading, consistent with soil liquefaction phenomena in the township of Kaiapoi were reported in local newspapers in a two to three block area at the eastern end of Charles and Sewell Streets on the north bank of the Kaiapoi River, in addition to similar effects observed on the opposing river bank, and the road to Belfast.Berrill, J.B. Mulqueen, P.C. Ooi E.T.C. Liquefaction at Kaiapoi in the 1901 Cheviot, New Zealand, Earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering 1994 27 3 178–189 10.5459/bnzsee.27.3.178-189 free Gallery See also List of earthquakes in 1901 List of earthquakes in New Zealand References External links https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19011127.2.114.3?end_date=01-12-1930&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION School interior after earthquake (photo) Otago Witness 27 November 1901 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19011127.2.114.7?end_date=01-12-1930&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION McTaggart's shop (photo of front) Otago Witness 27 November 1901 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19011127.2.114.1?end_date=01-12-1930&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION McTaggart's shop (photo of back) Otago Witness 27 November 1901 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19011130.2.11.1?end_date=01-12-1930&page=2&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION Cartoon: Who are you? Observer 30 November 1901 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19011130.2.2.1?end_date=01-12-1930&page=3&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION Cartoon: Hon Hall-Jones contemplating the ruins Observer 30 November 1901 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19011123.2.7.1?end_date=01-12-1930&page=4&query=Cheviot&start_date=01-01-1900&type=ILLUSTRATION Cartoon: Another injustice to Auckland by Dick Seddon! Observer 23 November 1901 42.81 S 173.26 E title Category:Hurunui District 1901 Cheviot earthquake Cheviot Earthquake, 1901 Cheviot Earthquake, 1901 Category:History of the Canterbury Region Category:November 1901 in Oceania