Southland floods On 26 and 27 January, 1984, heavy rain caused such widespread flooding in Invercargill, Southland, that a state of emergency had to be imposed. Over 5,000 people were forced to leave their homes and there were huge losses in livestock and in damage to buildings and services. What happened? A national weather forecast […]
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The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface wave magnitude of 8.3[1] and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000,[4] compared to the 2,231–6,000 (official estimates vary greatly)[5][6] of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile. Earthquake At 23:32, the earth began to shake strongly underneath Chillán, destroying more
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (formerly romanized Shensi), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as “嘉靖大地震” (Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn) or officially by its epicenter as “华县地震” (Huàxiàn Dìzhèn), occurred in the early morning of 23 January 1556 in Huaxian, Shaanxi during the Ming dynasty. Most of the residents there lived in yaodongs—artificial caves in loess cliffs—which collapsed and buried alive those sleeping inside. Modern estimates put the direct deaths from
Start of the Wellington to Lyttelton yacht race on 23 January 1951. Centennial yacht race ends in tragedy Twenty yachts left Wellington bound for Lyttelton in an ocean yacht race to celebrate Canterbury’s centenary. A race had been sailed the opposite way in 1940 to celebrate the capital’s centenary. It was expected that the yachts
In 1855 a magnitude 8.2 earthquake – the most powerful ever recorded in New Zealand – rocked the southern part of the North Island. Caused by movement along a fault in Palliser Bay, it altered the landscape of the Wellington region and affected its subsequent urban development. Intensity of the earthquake The evening of 23
In early January 1951, a series of minor explosions and earthquakes rocked Mount Lamington, a volcano in Oro Province, Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Prior to the eruption, Mount Lamington was not recognized as a volcano due to the absence of historically-recorded eruptions and dense vegetation cover. From January 15, volcanic activity intensified, and tall eruption plumes were generated.
Nineteen men were killed when an explosion ripped through the state-run Strongman coal mine at Rūnanga, on the West Coast of the South Island, just after 10 a.m. An inquiry found that safety regulations had not been followed and a shot hole for a charge had been incorrectly fired. Located just north of Greymouth, the
KOBE EARTHQUAKE OF 1995 The earthquake in Kobe on January, 17, 1995 left 6,425 dead, injured 25,000, displaced 300,000 people, damaged or destroyed 100,000 buildings and caused at least $132 billion worth of damage, or about 2.5 percent of Japan’s national income, making it one of the most expensive natural disasters in history. Only
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2[1] on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC) Every building in Kingston was damaged by the earthquake and subsequent fires, which lasted for three hours before any efforts could be made to check them, culminating in the death of about 1,000
The January 2001 El Salvador earthquake struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001 at 17:33:34 UTC. The 7.6 (later estimated to be 7.7 or 7.9)[1] quake struck with the epicenter 60 miles (100 km) SW of San Miguel, El Salvador (13.04°N 88.66°W) at a depth of 60 km. Impact A landslide caused by the earthquake At least 944 people were killed, 5,565 others were injured, 108,261 houses
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