Earthquake near Havelock North felt across Bay | Hawkes Bay News | Local News in Hawkes Bay

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Earthquake near Havelock North felt across Bay

PETER FOWLER | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:11

Seismographs constantly monitor the earth's movements.

Seismographs constantly monitor the earth's movements.

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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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A 3.4 earthquake near Havelock North was felt in the Hawke's Bay region just before 10am this morning.

GNS Science said the quake struck at 9:49 am about 30 km south of Havelock North and was at a focal depth of 40km.

It said it was felt in the Hawkes Bay region.

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