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	Earthquake -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth's surface.
		Earthquakes typically result from the movement of ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other) faults, quasi-planar zones of deformation within its uppermost layers.
		Earthquake effects are described in terms of (The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)) intensity, a scale which attempts to quantify the severity of shaking at a given location.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earthquake.htm (2286 words)

	The Napier Earthquake of 1931
		The death toll was 258, 162 being in Napier, 93 in Hastings and 3 in the small township of Wairoa.
		The Fire Department in Napier was at a loss to control the blaze as a result of losing their water supply.
		Napier City has truly proved to be a phoenix rising from the ashes.
	wvwv.essortment.com /napierearthquak_refl.htm (537 words)

	1931 Earthquake
		Shortly before elevn o'clock on the morning of 3 February 1931, an earthquake was felt over nearly the whole of the southern half of the North Island, New Zealand, extending as far south as Invercargill, in the South Island.
		A few hours afterwards the news was flashed through the Dominion that the worst earthquake in the history of the country had occurred and laid in ruins the thickly populated towns of Hastings and Napier, besides affecting many smaller towns in the same district.
		Appalled, the residents of Napier gazed in horrified amazement at the destruction.
	homepages.win.co.nz /honipuss/earthquake.htm (1740 words)

	Napier earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand was devastated by the massive earthquake.
		Centred near Napier it lasted two and a half minutes and was estimated to have measured about 7.9 on the Richter scale.
		The earthquake prompted a thorough review of New Zealand building codes, which were found to be totally inadequate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Napier_earthquake (287 words)

	Napier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colonel George Napier (1751--1804) descendant of the Scottish family of mathematician fame.
		Charles Napier (actor) (born April 12, 1936), an American actor.
		Napier earthquake, a 1931 earthquake in New Zealand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Napier (366 words)

	Travel in Napier - New Zealand - History - WorldTravelGate.net® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Napier was named after Sir Charles Napier, the hero of the battle of Meeanee in the Indian province of Scinde.
		The earthquake lifted some 7,000 acres of lagoon area by up to 2.5 meters and improved a further 2,700 acres suffering from bad drainage.
		Much of the land raised was owned by the Napier Harbour Board which co-operated with the Napier Council over the laying out of streets and parks of their suddenly valuable ex-swamp land.
	www.australiatravelling.net /new_zealand/napier/napier_history.htm (352 words)

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		The magnitude 7.8 earthquake was produced by rupture on a northeast-trending buried fault, probably the Napier-Hawke Bay Fault.
		Near Napier the coastline was raised and some boats moored in the harbour were left sitting on harbour floor rather than floating as a result of the uplift of the coast.
		In 1855 a Magnitude >8 earthquake in Wairarapa generated moderately strong felt intensities of shaking in Hawke's Bay although its epicentre was more than 200 km south of Napier, and a Magnitude >7 earthquake in the Bay of Plenty in October 1914 was widely felt in Hawke's Bay.
	www.hbrc.govt.nz /DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=181 (1107 words)

	1931 Napier Earthquake
		Napier was a small seaside town that sported a picturesque harbour, tidal flats and lagoons (where residents sailed their yachts) and attractive Victorian buildings comprising a thriving commercial centre.
		Although Napier and Hastings were badly affected the damage also extended northwards to Wairoa and Gisborne and southwards to Waipawa, Waipukurau and Dannevirke.
		In the aftermath it was reckoned that in a city of 16,000 residents Napier lost 161 citizens and in the nearby town of Hastings 93 were killed out of a population of 11,000.
	www.kiwiherald.com /NapierEarthquake.html (880 words)

	New Zealand Disasters: Earthquake: Napier - Christchurch City Libraries
		At the central fire station in Napier the engines were covered in debris from the destroyed brigade building, and were unable to be used when fires broke out in the city centre soon after the earthquake.
		In Napier the gas supply had been shut off three minutes after the first tremor, and the risk of fire from electrical faults was avoided by fuses on the street power poles which blew out.
		The impact of the earthquake was greater than the Murchison earthquake a year earlier, because it struck in an area where there was a higher population.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Childrens/NZDisasters/Napier.asp (1314 words)

	Napier, New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Napier is a popular retirement city and tourist resort, and has one of the most photographed tourist attractions in the country, a statue on Marine Parade called PaniaPania Of The Reef.
		Her statue is regarded in Napier in much the same way that the ''the Little MermaidLittle Mermaid'' statue is regarded in Copenhagen/, and bears some similarities to its Scandinavian equivalent.
		Between 1852 and 1876 Napier was the administrative centre for the Hawke's Bay Provincial Government but in 1876 the Abolition of Provinces Act/ dissolved provincial government, replacing it with a central assembly in Wellington.
	www.infothis.com /find/Napier,_New_Zealand (1126 words)

	Napier on Almondnet
		Archibald Napier married Janet Bothwell, the sister of the...
		John Napier, eighth Laird of Merchiston was born in Merchiston Tower in 1550 and was known as the...
		Robert Napier, the man often described as the father of Clyde shipbuilding", was born on 21st June 1791, to James and Jean Napier, in their home in Walker's Close...
	www.flights-from-edinburgh.co.uk /edinburghflights/napier.html (351 words)

	NZSEE - Events
		Earthquake Engineering Society president David Brunsdon explained that in addition to enabling a much quicker and clearer picture of the affected area after a major earthquake than is currently available, the new equipment and associated technology would directly enhance the level of scientific information available to researchers.
		It is however very thought-provoking to realise that while the frequency of earthquakes of greater than 7 on the Richter scale has essentially remained uniform over the past 150 years, none of the four events of this size in the past 50 years have affected an urban area.
		The NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering believes that despite the considerable progress in understanding earthquakes over the 70 years since the Napier event, much more effort is required in earthquake mitigation and preparedness.
	www.nzsee.org.nz /PUBS/Media_feb01.html (501 words)

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		Napier was completely shattered in just a few moments with many shops and buildings reduced to ruins, and the streets littered with wrecked motor vehicles and rubble.
		Fire added to the destruction caused by the tremors, and many of those numbered amongst the earthquake dead perished because they were trapped or injured and unable to escape the flames.
		A decision to evacuate Napier was made, and a steady stream of people began to leave the town.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~glaive/nz/pages/napier.htm (1254 words)

	Napier New Zealand Virtual Tour
		Napier is a neat city, popular with vacationing New Zealanders because of the pleasant climate and the wonderful beaches.
		Napier is known as the Art Deco city, and is maintaining that title these days mainly because of the work of the Art Deco Trust.
		Napier is also famous for the wide variety of water sports including water skiing, windsurfing, kayaking, parasailing etc.
	nz.com /tour/Napier (170 words)

	Hastings Libraries HB Earthquake
		The earthquake of magnitude 7.8* was recorded all around the world.
		The town centres of Napier and Hastings were the worst affected, with masonry buildings and brick facades collapsing.
		Earthquake Hazard Centre - a huge body of knowledge is now available for earthquake resistant building.
	www.hastingsdc.govt.nz /Libraries/featureHBearthquake.htm (641 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The relative amount of influence is proportional to the objects mass and inversly proportional to the cube of its distance from the earth.
		The dominant perturbation in the earths gravitational field generates the semi-diurnal (12 hour) ocean and solid earth tides which are primarily caused by the moon (due to its proximity) and the sun (due to its large mass).
		Given the relative influence of a planetary alignment and the lack of correlation of earthquakes with the dominant gravitational effects, we would not expect planetary alignments to significantly infleunce either the rate of occurrence of earthquakes or the relative motion of the tectonic plates.
	www.seismo.berkeley.edu /seismo/faq/planets.html (469 words)

	Artillery in Napier
		The earliest volunteer artillery unit recorded in Napier was the Napier Artillery Volunteers, accepted in 1869.
		In March 1886, this Regiment was divided into North Island and South Island Brigades, and the Napier Bty became F Bty of the 1st North Island Bde, NZ Regt of Arty Volunteers.
		Concurrent with the "field" artillery of F Bty was the "garrison" artillery of the Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.
	riv.co.nz /rnza/units/napier.htm (573 words)

	Art Deco Napier- Spanish Mission and Art Deco Architecture New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The four architectural practises in Napier in 1931 banded together to share facilities and bring a unity of purpose to the task of rebuilding the town, working in shifts around the clock.
		Other architects who worked in Napier in the 1930s were J T Watson who arrived in 1934 and become Borough Architect, and architects from other cities, chiefly Wellington, who were retained by banks, insurance companies and hotel chains to design their buildings throughout New Zealand.
		The New Napier Carnival was held in January 1933, by which time most of the main reconstruction was completed or nearly so.
	www.artdeconapier.com /earthquake.htm (589 words)

	Napier - Wikitravel
		Napier is a city in Hawkes Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
		The 1931 Napier earthquake and a subsequent fire destroyed much of the downtown business area.
		Napier can be a base to explore the rest of Hawkes Bay.
	wikitravel.org /en/Napier (239 words)

	Name of story - Travel: Cincinnati.Com
		Napier and Miami are the world’s two great art deco cities, planned urbanscapes inspired by the precepts of the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs and Industriels Moderne.
		‘‘Napier represents the most complete and significant group of art deco buildings in the world, and is comparable with Bath as an example of a planned townscape in a cohesive style,’’ Sir Neil Cossons, past president of the British Museums Association, has said of the city.
		After the city restored its basic structures, Napier’s rebuilders found a bit in their government emergency budget for fun — the second floor of the 1936 TandG Insurance Co. became The Silver Slipper night club, and the Sound Shell on the Marine Parade was built for music, dancing and roller skating.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/102000_travellede.html (1990 words)

	Preservation Online: Archives
		Established in 1851, Napier was, until Feb. 3, 1931, a typical New Zealand town dominated by late-Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
		Two years after the earthquake, Napier had 129 sleek new buildings decorated in exuberant motifs—not a bad aesthetic therapy for the community's wounded psyche.
		The construction was mostly downtown near the water, the old hillside residential area having survived the earthquake relatively unscathed.
	www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arc_mag/ma03traveler.htm (523 words)

	Napier City Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Substantial increase in Napier’s population rising from 2,179 to 3,514 (61%) and provincial increase of 52%.
		Napier Gas Company was floated and won financial backing and by August was preparing a section for the installation of a gasworks plant.
		Napier was proclaimed a borough and its boundaries defined.
	www.napier.govt.nz /printTemplate.php?cid=napier/history/hi_napphys (9917 words)

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		Oral History Accounts of the 1931 Napier Earthquake From Oral History in New Zealand: A Directory of Collections 1992 Produced by the National Oral History Association of NZ (NOHANZ) in association with the Oral History Centre, Alexander Turnbull Library.
		He got his first job in Hastings and was in Napier at the time of the earthquake.
		She was a Plunket Nurse for 31 years in Napier and the surrounding area, and received a citizenship award.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /~dchamber/eq1931oral.htm (1020 words)

	1920
		The number of seconds that the earthquake was felt varied considerably according to location and nature of foundation.
		An earthquake, originating as near as can be learned on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and continuing over to Tatoosh Island and down the Peninsula, reaching Up-sound cities also, rocked the earth here last night about 11:15.
		The quake started with a mild trembling, which rattled windows that were anyways loose, gradually increasing in force until it reached a jerky stage, and when it had reached the height of its force stopped abruptly, and was followed shortly afterwards by a light rumbling.
	www.geophys.washington.edu /SEIS/PNSN/HIST_CAT/PUGET/1920_1.html (3784 words)

	Hawke's Bay Tourism New Zealand - History - wine Hastings Napier maori earthquake rivers wineries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Napier and Hastings in particular, the Borough Councils were building amenities including swimming baths, theatres, parks, electric lighting systems and a tram service in Napier.
		In a minute and a half, in two separate shocks, the centre of Napier was almost totally destroyed.
		The reconstruction of Napier and Hastings were costly but the benefit was two modern cities and the Ahuriri Lagoon, or Inner Harbour as it was usually known, was raised over 2 metres, creating the land, which Napier desperately needed to expand.
	www.hawkesbaynz.com /about_hb/history (955 words)

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		The Murchison earthquake was the most severe ever measured in New Zealand up to that time, although the 1865 Wairarapa Earthquake, which wasn't measured on seismological equipment, is thought to have been even more powerful.
		One of the unusual features of the earthquake was the extremely loud noise it produced, possibly caused by the deep narrow valleys at its centre.
		The Murchison earthquake had a major effect on the environment in the region and a great deal of the landscape in the Buller district was changed considerably.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~glaive/nz/pages/murchis.htm (742 words)

	Deaths - 1931 Napier Earthquake
		The coroner recorded on her death certificate that death had occurred through collapse of a building caused by an earthquake of great severity.
		Gwen was buried in the Havelock North Cemetery on 05 February 1931.
		Born Maruia, West Coast (5 Oct 1884), the son of Zealand Tasman WALKER (an early settler of the Buller and West Coast area) and Clara Elizabeth ">BERRY.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nzlhawke/deaths/1931earthquake.html (596 words)

	Activities golf, horse riding, mountain biking, kayaking, walking, hiking, wineries, vineyards in Napier, Hastings, ...
		Napier is a major port for the export of timber, wood pulp, fertilizer meat and produce.
		Napier's early European history is as a trading station and missionary outpost, but it is better known for it's more recent history as the site of the 1931 Napier earthquake.
		Because of the era in which this event took place much of the rebuilding in Napier was done in the Art Deco style, whilst Hasting opted for a more Spanish Revivalist style.
	www.cottagestays.co.nz /regions/hawkesbayinfo.htm (625 words)

	Hawkes Bay Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The twin cities of Napier and Hastings are the main centres, with Napier famous for its art deco architecture.
		Napier's closest wineries are at Taradale and Dartmoor Road, while Hastings wineries are concentrated around Fernhill and Havelock North.
		Napier - A seaside city renowned as the art deco capital of New Zealand.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /New_zealand/about_destin/easternnorthisland/hawkesbay_region.html (633 words)

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