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Damaged train and tracks after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake Crack caused by the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake Napier's business district after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

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Damaged train and tracks after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake. 1

Crack caused by the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake. 2

Napier's business district after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. 3

The active Wellington fault line Gisborne 2007 – civic clock stopped at time of earthquake Storage tanks after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake

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The active Wellington fault line.4

Gisborne 2007 – civic clock stopped at time of earthquake.5

Storage tanks after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake. 6

Video

    
   

This video shows:

  • people relating their experience of the 1931 Hawkes Bay and 1942 Masterton quakes
  • a simulation of a strong earthquake, showing furniture moving and items falling off shelves
  • schoolchildren practising their drop, cover and hold earthquake drill inside the classroom and on the playground.

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Credits

1 ©Health Emergency Management New Zealand (HEMNZ)

2 ©Institute of Geological and Nuclear sciences Limited (2006)

3 ©Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery

4 ©Lloyd Homer, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd

5 ©Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

6 ©Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE)
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