New Zealand NZ Blaketown Damage Murchison Earthquake 1929 RP Postcard
New Zealand NZ Blaketown Damage Murchison Earthquake 1929 RP Postcard
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Description
- New Zealand NZ Blaketown Damage Murchison Earthquake 1929 RP Postcard
- Real Photo Postcard Aotearoa series N761 shows earthquake damage of roads at Blaketown Greymouth,the card in excellent order
- The Earthquake :
- 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.
