Earthquake

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Hawke's Bay

23 Feb 1863 · 40.00° S, 176.50° E

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When
23 Feb 1863
Kind
Earthquake
Coordinates
40.00° S, 176.50° E
Description
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Hawke's Bay.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1863 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

1863 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Earthquake in New Zealand

The 1863 Hawke's Bay earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 Mw earthquake that struck near the town of Waipukurau, New Zealand, on 23 February 1863. It remained the single largest earthquake to strike Hawke's Bay until 1931, where a magnitude 7.8 quake levelled much of Napier and Hastings, and killed 256 people.

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