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Although no historic earthquake has been recorded for this fault, the potential impact of rupture along the Wellington-Hutt Valley section on the Wellington area makes it one of the greatest natural hazards in New Zealand. The Wellington Fault is also capable of producing earthquakes of up to magnitude-8. [1] While a major rupture on the ...
GeoNet is a natural hazards monitoring system in New Zealand that monitors earthquakes, large landslides, volcanoes, tsunami, and movement of land.Earthquakes and other natural hazards are automatically listed on the GeoNet website and app, and app users are given notifications to be warned about natural hazards.
The Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 is the primary legislation which sets the constitution and functions of the commission. [15] Under Part 5 of the Act, the commission is a Crown entity under the Crown Entities Act 2004 with a board of between 5 and 9 members.
Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington were particularly hard hit. Two people drowned in the sea in Wellington and one person is presumed to have drowned in the Marlborough Sounds. [28] 2004: Weather: 2: Northeastern North Island: New Zealand: Cyclone: Cyclone Ivy: 2004: Landslide: 2: Owira: Bay of Plenty [29] 2004: Earthquake: 1: Lake Rotomā: Bay ...
The Wellington Region of New Zealand has a foundation of Torlesse Greywacke rocks, that make up the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges, that go from Wellington in the south to the Manawatū Gorge, where they are renamed as the Ruahine Ranges, and continue further north-northeast, towards East Cape. To the west of the Tararua Ranges are the Manawatū ...
Damaging in Wellington; felt throughout central New Zealand 12 October 1979: Puysegur Trench: South of New Zealand: 6.5: 7.3 [34] 12 km: 46.70°S: 166.03°E: Felt throughout lower South Island 8 March 1984 Matawai Bay of Plenty 6.4 5.9 [34] 75 km 38.20°S 177.44°E Felt throughout North Island 25 June 1984 Macauley River Canterbury 5.9 6.1 [34 ...
The uplift from the earthquake on 23 January 1855 tilted the Wellington Region and with it Wellington Harbour. The eastern side of the harbour moved 80 centimetres higher than the western side displacing the water into the shoreline along Lambton Quay and flooding its houses and shops. [1] [6] In Cook Strait, there was a much greater displacement.
The North Island Fault System (NIFS) (also known as North Island Dextral Fault Belt or North Island Shear Belt [1]) is a set of southwest–northeast trending seismically-active faults in the North Island of New Zealand that carry much of the dextral (right lateral) strike-slip component of the oblique convergence of the Pacific Plate with the Australian Plate.