New Zealand earthquake

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of ...

New Zealand was shaken by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Wellington, with tens of thousands feeling the tremors. The quake began with a large jolt, ...

5 min ago (local time 19:38:07). 78 km NW of Lower Hutt (New Zealand) The quake began with a large jolt, followed by at least 30 seconds of moderate shaking, described by some as "massive" and "scary."

The temblor hit the Cook Strait off the coast of the capital Wellington at 7:38 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said, adding it was at a depth of 46 ...

The temblor hit the Cook Strait off the coast of the capital Wellington at 7:38 p.m. [declared](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/02/14/New-Zealand-Cyclone-State-Of-Emergency-Declared/4541676374477/) a National State of Emergency for only the third time in its history. [said](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jp1g/executive), adding it was at a depth of 46 miles. local time, the U.S. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/geonet/status/1625752678759567360?s=20&t=KBPmMYxAKf3rAATP6CxYLA). 15 (UPI) -- A strong earthquake shook northern New Zealand on Wednesday night, with tens of thousands of people on both of its main islands reporting having felt the natural phenomenon.

Tremor felt in Wellington and 'widely across the North Island' as country reels from its most destructive cyclone in decades.

New Zealand lies on the seismically active “Ring of Fire”, a 40,000-km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean. It “caused a long and strong shake felt widely across the North Island and Marlborough region”, said Geonet, which received more than 60,000 felt reports – 23,000 of them describing it as a “light” quake and fewer than 5,000 as “strong”. Asked how he felt about the earthquake, New Zealand’s prime minister Chris Hipkins said it was “unprintable”, according to local news site Stuff, which quoted him as saying: “I was looking out the window for a plague of locusts.” It was followed by a magnitude 4.0 quake which hit 20 minutes later some 45 km south-west of Taumarunui – and came just over 10 hours after a magnitude 2.0 tremor whose epicentre was 5km from the same town, the monitoring service said. The tremor struck at a depth of 48km, with its epicentre some 50km from the town of Paraparaumu, according to the seismic monitoring service Geonet. [earthquake](/topic/earthquake) has struck [New Zealand](/topic/new-zealand), just one day after a devastating cyclone forced [a state of emergency](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-chris-hipkins-new-zealand-wellington-auckland-b2281617.html) across much of the country.

Wellington: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday, according to New Zealand's geoscience research service ...

On February 15, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit New Zealand and lasted for around 30 seconds. It was felt on both major New Zealand islands.

[killed](https://thelatch.com.au/brazil-riots/) in this New Zealand earthquake. “We have had a tough 12 months with floods and hardship in the community,” said Maslin. It was felt on both major islands, including in the cities of [Auckland](https://thelatch.com.au/new-zealand-state-of-emergency/) and Christchurch. You have to stop and smile at her.” [ as the “biggest climate event” in the country’s history](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/auckland-floods-biggest-climate-event-new-zealand-history-flooding). “The earthquakes have also exacerbated the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria, where years of conflict have driven millions from their homes.” [The Latch](https://thelatch.com.au/) and subscribe to our [email newsletter](https://thelatch.com.au/subscribe). Now, the country has been hit by a [magnitude 6.3 earthquake](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/magnitude-60-earthquake-felt-in-wellington/65IK6BHLOBB45C7TGWKZTUUOTI/). This is because Bria is a perfect companion when things get a bit tough. This is on top of the first $10 million we pledged, bringing our total to $18 million. On February 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit these countries’ infrastructure and landscapes. As of February 14, over 41,000 people in these regions have died.

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Aecom associate director in ground engineering Jamie Codd moved to New Zealand in 2011, after the main Christchurch earthquake. He said that Wellington – the ...

In fact, the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake already caused significant liquefaction in the Wellington Port area and an equivalent earthquake closer to Wellington will probably do that once more, but on a larger scale. The lesson from Christchurch to try to prevent building on liquefiable soils cannot be applied to the existing areas of Wellington anymore and what is left is to apply measurements to minimize the risk and damage in Wellington in case of an earthquake. This is a similar idea to car suspension and sees the superstructure of a building decoupled from its substructure, isolating it. There is a 400mm seismic gap to allow for this movement – during the 2016 earthquake it “slid” around 15-20mm. Te Papa’s base isolation system takes the form of 152 flexible bearings, described as a “rubber-and-steel sandwich with a core of lead”, that sit between the main building and the concrete slab of its foundation. “One could imagine, for instance, to reserve the most liquefiable areas for sports fields or parks rather than residential areas, and build new residential areas on less sensitive areas. One technology to reduce earthquake impacts on buildings, pioneered by New Zealand scientist Dr William Robinson in the 1970s, is what’s known as base isolators or a base isolation system. Meanwhile, one critical piece of infrastructure that was damaged in the 2016 Kaikōura quake was State Highway 1, the country’s longest and most used road. That was in 2012 to 2013, so they’ve had several years to retrofit those buildings and apply new technologies.” The transport corridor north and south of Kaikōura suffered extensive damage and was inundated by numerous rockfalls and more than 750,000m3 of debris from 85 landslides. This has seen them construct the Transmission Gully Motorway, a new 27km road that stretches past Wellington with the express purpose of improving safety and offering better access. “They know which roads would be affected, which lifeline infrastructure would be affected, and then respond to them.