New Zealand NZ Greymouth 1929 Earthquake Store damaged RP Postcard
New Zealand NZ Greymouth 1929 Earthquake Store damaged RP Postcard
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New Zealand NZ Greymouth 1929 Earthquake Store damaged RP Postcard
Greymouth RP postcard unused shows Kim Williams Menswear store damaged in the 1929 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.
The card by Aotearoa series N759.
