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4.7 earthquake shakes Hawke's Bay

PETER FOWLER | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:25

Photo Gallery: 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake

Buildings collapsed like cardboard as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Hawke's Bay at 10:46am on 3 February 1931. At least 258 people died in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, with a population of just 60,000 in Hawke's Bay at the time. Many of these images are hauntingly similar to those of the aftermath of the February 22 2011 earthquake in Christchurch eighty years later. Compiled by Peter Fowler

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Hawke's Bay was shaken by a magnitude 4.7 earthquake early this morning.

GNS Science said the quake was located 10 km south-east of Porangahau at a depth of 25km and struck at 4:12am.

It was felt across Hawke's Bay.

Porangahau is one of the most active seismic areas in New Zealand.

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