Inangahua earthquake, landslide.24th. May,1968.

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DescriptionIn the early morning of 24 May 1968, the northern South Island was rocked by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred near Īnangahua Junction, a small community 40 kilometres east of Westport. At 5.24 a.m. people there were woken by shaking violent enough to throw them out of bed. Many hastily escaped from their homes, amidst falling chimneys and roof tiles.

At Whitecliffs a limestone bluff collapsed onto a farmhouse and pushed it downhill, killing one woman instantly and fatally injuring another. Shortly after the earthquake, one man died near Greymouth when his car hit a section of road that had subsided at a bridge approach. Three men were killed later when a rescue helicopter crashed.Date of Photo24th May 1968Map^[1]ContributorMargaret E Sadler

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Location (city or town)InangahuaEvent1968 earthquakeLandslip

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Robert Ray Its hard to see where the slip was today

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Inangahua earthquake, landslide.24th. May,1968.

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