USGS · 70164468
Eyewitness account of the 1931 great earthquake at Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Abstract
No part of New Zealand is far from a known earthquake origin. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake of 1931 at Hawke's Bay, North Island, on February 3, 1931, was the most serious event recorded in New Zealand hsitory. It was responsible for 256 deaths. The Modified Mercalli intensity reached XI in Napier, a city of 35,000 people, and hence, caused considerable destruction to property.
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H. Spall. 1984. Eyewitness account of the 1931 great earthquake at Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70164468
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