What the records say
- When
- 5 Mar 1934
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 40.50° S, 175.50° E
- Depth km
- 60
1934 Pahiatua earthquake
Earthquake in New Zealand
The 1934 Pahiatua earthquake struck at 11:46 pm on 5 March, causing severe damage in much of the lower North Island. Wairarapa, Wellington and Hawke's Bay felt the strongest levels of shaking, with much of New Zealand feeling the tremor.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui, at 11.46pm”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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