Category:1987 Edgecumbe earthquake
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English: The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake measured 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale and struck the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand at 1:42 pm on 2 March.[1] The hypocentre was at a shallow depth of 8 km. The epicentre was 2.24 kilometres (1.39 mi) south-south-east of the town of Matata, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-north-west of Edgecumbe, on the Rangitaiki Plains (the floodplain of the Rangitaiki River, the Tarawera River and the Whakatane River). It was the most damaging earthquake New Zealand had experienced since the 1968 Inangahua earthquake.
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Media in category "1987 Edgecumbe earthquake"
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
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Bay of Plenty Earthquake, 1987 (16552659081).jpg 3,734 × 2,511; 2.04 MB
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Edgecumbe Earthquake Memorial Stone.jpg 1,320 × 800; 531 KB
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Edgecumbe Fonterra Earthquake Memorial.jpg 3,303 × 1,305; 1.2 MB
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Edgecumbe quake005.jpg 1,171 × 1,740; 471 KB
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Edgecumbe quake009.jpg 1,747 × 1,174; 332 KB