PDF | On Mar 30, 2013, S Bannister and others published Arthurs Pass 1994 earthquake - aftershock locations - GoogleEarth kmz file | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate The road—an insignificant thread of grey, vulnerable to every slip and avalanche from the massive mountains embracing it—and, below ground, the railway line are the fragile capillaries which nourish human activity in this vast South Island wilderness area. There was a moment there in Arthur’s Pass when I saw myself abandoning Auckland. Earthquakes on 9 March (Arthur’s Pass) and 8 May (Central North Island) were felt through large areas of the country. The magnitude 6.7 Arthur’s Pass earthquake of 18 June 1994 was the largest shock to occur in the Southern Alps for 65 years. That June 1929 earthquake occurred just 3 months after the March 1929 Arthur’s Pass strike-slip earthquake, 90 km to the west-southwest of the November 13th event. It first gained National Park status in 1929, becoming New Zealand’s third … Expand/collapse. Category Tag Disaster. I’d seen them chiselling, […] About this image. 1929 was a year of earthquakes in New Zealand - 678 in all. 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake. Surface rupture of at least 16 km and possibly as much as 36 km occurred with 4 m of dextral displacement at one site. At 10:17am on Monday, 17 June, an earthquake shook New Zealand from Auckland to Dunedin, and … Arthur’s Pass National Park is a mountainous area between Canterbury and the West Coast of the south island. Category Information. Arthur’s Pass was established in 1929 and was New Zealand’s third national park and the first one in the South Island. On 9 March 1929 at 10.50pm an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 struck Arthur’s Pass, followed by 140 aftershocks the same night. In 1929 Arthur’s Pass National Park was created. Jacks Hut is, a rare surviving example of a roadman’s cottage. Fortunately there was no loss of life, though chimneys and water tanks were damaged and the railway was closed due to damage to bridges and the track. It ran over Porters Pass to Cass, up the Waimakariri Valley to Bealey, then over the newly named Arthur’s Pass. The 1929 Arthur's Pass Earthquake occurred at 10.50pm NZMT on 9 March 1929 (11:20 GMT). Description 7.1 struck in March 1929 Date of Photo Between 1st January 1929 and 31st December 1929 Map [1] Shown in this image. The 1929 March 9 Arthur's Pass earthquake of M S 7.1 occurred on a newly mapped fault in the Arthur's Pass region, which we name the Poulter Fault. Location (city or town) Arthur's Pass Event earthquake. In a tragic sequel to the Dobsons’ explorations, George was murdered by the notorious Burgess Gang in 1866. The November 13th M 7.8 earthquake is the largest event in the region since an M 7.3 earthquake 100 km to the northwest in June 1929. 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