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=media type="custom" key="9727694" We are learning about disasters this term and i have seen lots of big ones. I would hate to be in a disaster but know one knows when it is going to come so thats what makes it scary. =

= = = WELLINGTON EARTHQUAKE = = = = Wellington earthquake on the 16 of October 1848 = = = = Wellington settlers had experienced their first major earthquake on 16 october 1848 during a strong gale and heavy rain. It was followed by many aftershocks causing severe damage in wellington. 3 people died when a wall collapsed onto them. It was recorded 7.1 on the richter scale. = = = = Six years later on the 23 of January 1855 Wellington was struck by a second major earthquake at 9:11 pm which measured at 8 on the richter scale. = = = = this was the largest recorded earthquake to have hit New Zealand. = = = = At the time Wellington had a population of 6000 people. = = = = One was a two-storey hotel which collapsed, killing the owner. = = = = In the harbour, the water washed out in a huge waves every twenty mins by up to several meters, flooding some of the houses on the beach front. = = = = luckily only 1 died. = = = = THE WHINE DISASTER = = = = The sinking of the Lyttenlton Wellington ferry Wahine on 10 April 1968 was New zealand's worst modern martitme disaster. Fifty-one people lost their lives that day, another died several weeks later and the 53rd victim died in 1990 from injures sustained in the wreck. = = = = The Wahine's demise also marked a coming of age for t.v news broadcasting in New Newzealand as images of the disaster were beamed into the nation's living rooms. The footage was later screened around the world as the international media spotlight focused on wellignton. = = = = The ferry travailed up the east cost of the south island headed for Wellington harbour. = = = = = = 51 people died in the wahine disaster = = = = Passengers were told that the ferry was aground the reef, and to put on their = = lifejackets and report to their assembly points around the ship. = = Most of the passengers did not realise that the ship had struck rocks because they could tell little = = difference between that impact and the battering the ship was = = receiving. = = = = = = Napier earthquake: = = = = At 10.47 on February 1931, a violent shock, followed closely by a second rocked Hawke's Bay for almost three minutes. =