Talk:1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

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--210.55.11.71 09:27, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC) == At Napier Earthquake, the local people were saved and helped by sailors from HMS Veronica, police and also ordinary people ==

translated in Korean 네이피아 지진에서 사람들은 경찰과 보통사람들 그리고 베로니카의 선원들에 의해서 구해지고 살아남았다.

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• Also to add: civil defence, what happened to the rubble, Napier harbour boards, the city's largest new land owner after the earthquake.

[edit] Article title

I believe the more appropriate title is Hawke's Bay Earthquake. Any objection to changing it to this. Nurg 06:43, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

While '"Napier earthquake" 1931' gets more Google hits than '"Hawke's Bay Earthquake" 1931', I agree the latter name makes more sense. The town centre of Hastings was also destroyed by the earthquake. I think the last word should be lower case, and it should include the date, since there have been very many Hawke's Bay earthquakes. The 1855 one was larger than this. I'll rename it now.-gadfium 18:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fire

What about the fire that was caused by the earthquake? This was not included but it is the reason why so many lives were lost in Napier because the fire department had lost their water supply. by Me 15th October

The fires caused by the earthquake are the subject of the third and fourth paragraphs under the "Effects of the earthquake" section. If you think they should be expended, feel free to do so.- gadfium 18:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Social effects

Many people lost their homes due to the earthquake itself and also uncontrollable fires triggered by the earthquake. Most homes lacked water, sewerage, electricity and chimneys so several people who were afraid to enter their homes camped in their gardens, on road-sides, at Nelson Park or on the Marine Parade Beach. Frequent aftershocks, the most powerful at 7.3 on the Richter scale, made most people fear more severe earthquakes. There were also difficulties with transport caused by large breaks in the road and collapsed bridges. The entire population of the Hawke’s Bay area was disrupted in some way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.235.117 (talk) 05:18, 1 May 2008 (UTC)