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Earthquakes! shaking New Zealand / Maria Gill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland New Zealand : NH New Holland, 2018. Description: 48 pages; colour illustrations; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781869664862
  • 1869664868
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.220993 23
LOC classification:
  • QE537.2.N45 G55 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Why New Zealand has earthquakes -- Earth's scars -- Hikurangi subduction zone -- North Island faults -- South Island faults -- Earthquake hazards -- 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake -- 1929 Murchison Earthquake -- 1931 Hawkes Bay Earthquake -- 1987 Edgecumbe Earthquake -- 2010 Canterbury Earthquake -- 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes -- 2013 Cook Strait Earthquakes -- 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake -- Earthquakes around the world -- Earthquake story: What would you do? -- Keep yourself safe -- The aftermath -- How earthquakes are monitored.
Summary: An outline of how earthquakes are caused, the different kinds of earthquakes, significant New Zealand earthquakes in the past, where earthquakes occur, and how to stay safe during an earthquake.
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Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 551.220993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00771807

Actually published in Auckland, New Zealand.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Why New Zealand has earthquakes -- Earth's scars -- Hikurangi subduction zone -- North Island faults -- South Island faults -- Earthquake hazards -- 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake -- 1929 Murchison Earthquake -- 1931 Hawkes Bay Earthquake -- 1987 Edgecumbe Earthquake -- 2010 Canterbury Earthquake -- 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes -- 2013 Cook Strait Earthquakes -- 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake -- Earthquakes around the world -- Earthquake story: What would you do? -- Keep yourself safe -- The aftermath -- How earthquakes are monitored.

An outline of how earthquakes are caused, the different kinds of earthquakes, significant New Zealand earthquakes in the past, where earthquakes occur, and how to stay safe during an earthquake.

Primary, intermediate National Library of New Zealand.

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