New Zealand NZ 1929 Murchison Earthquake Car stuck in road cracking RP Postcard
New Zealand NZ 1929 Murchison Earthquake Car stuck in road cracking RP Postcard
$70.00
Description
- New Zealand NZ 1929 Murchison Earthquake Car stuck in road cracking RP Postcard
- Unused Aotearoa series RP Postcard N758,card in excellent order
- Magnitude: MW 7.3, MS 7.8
- Casualties: 15 killed, one injured
The earthquake that struck Murchison on 17 June 1929 was felt all over New Zealand. Fortunately, the most intense shaking occurred in a mountainous and densely wooded area extending ~65 km north of Murchison that was sparsely populated. Casualties were therefore comparatively light and the damage was mostly confined to the surrounding landscape, where the shaking triggered extensive landslides over thousands of square kilometres, and surface faulting on the White Creek Fault in Buller Gorge.
