1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake

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Settlements at Arthur 's Pass

The Arthur's Pass Earthquake of 1929, due to its shallow depth and its magnitude 7.1 MS destruction force with magnitude 9 MM was specified in the epicenter. Since the earthquake occurred in a very sparsely populated area of New Zealand, the damages were usually limited to broken chimneys and water tanks. However, remained suspended for months because of the damage to road and rail links to the West Coast.

Quake

The quake, which occurred on March 9, 1929, about 4 minutes went and produced in a northeast-trending fault zone, a new warp, which was later called Poulter Fault. Over a distance, possibly amounted to 16-36 km, fractures occurred at the surface, which could have up to 4 meters offset. Numerous landslides were the result.

The earthquake at Arthur 's Pass at that time was the largest earthquake since the North Canterbury earthquake, 1888. Yet just three months later was followed by the Murchison earthquake of 1929, which had far greater destruction resulted and death toll.