List of natural disasters in New Zealand

This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life.

Notable natural disasters

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Colour scheme used in this table:
Earthquake
Flooding
Tsunami
Weather
Health Crisis
Volcanic
Landslide
Date Event Fatalities Location Region Damage (2015 NZD) Notes More Information
1843 Earthquake 2 Wanganui Manawatu M 7+ 1843 Wanganui earthquake
1846 Landslide 60 Lake Taupo Waikato Worst landslide in New Zealand History [1]
1848 Earthquake 3 Blenhiem Marlborough M 7.5 1848 Marlborough earthquake
1855 Earthquake 9 Wairarapa Wellington M 8.3 1855 Wairarapa earthquake
1855 Tsunami Cook Strait Cook Strait Maximum wave heights of 11m [2]
1858 Flooding 14 Hutt valley Wellington
1863 Flooding 200 Central Otago Otago Floods and snowstorm
1868 Tsunami 1 New Zealand Chile Maximum wave heights of 7m [3]
1877 Tsunami New Zealand Chile Maximum wave heights of 3m [4]
1886 Volcanic 153 Mount Tarawera Bay of Plenty Death toll ranges from 108 - 153 depending on source
1897 Flooding 12 Clive Hawke's Bay
1901 Earthquake 1 Cheviot Canterbury M 6.8 1901 Cheviot earthquake
1904 Landslide 8 Brunner West Coast [5]
1914 Landslide 1 Ngatapa Gisborne [6]
1914 Volcanic 10 White Island Bay of Plenty Lahar
1918 Health Crisis 8,600 New Zealand New Zealand Influenza virus struck between October and December 1918 [7]
1923 Landslide 17 Taumaranui Manawatu Landslide hit Auckland to Wellington express train near Taumaranui, killing 17 and injuring 30 [1]
1923 Landslide 2 Little River Canterbury [8]
1924 Flooding 1 Kaiwaka Hawke's Bay [9]
1924 Landslide 1 Napier Hawke's Bay Slip happened on Shakespeare Rd. [9]
1924 Tsunami Chatham Islands Unknown Maximum wave heights of 6m [10]
1929 Earthquake 17 Murchison Tasman M 7.8 1929 Murchison earthquake
1931 Earthquake 256 Napier/Hastings Hawke's Bay Official death toll of 256, reported death toll of 258. M 7.8 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
1934 Earthquake 2 Pahiatua Manawatu M 7.2 1934 Pahiatua earthquake
1938 Flooding 21 Kopuawhara Hawke's Bay Kopuawhara flash flood of 1938
1942 Earthquake 1 Wairarapa Wellington M 6.8
1942 Weather 1 Kaitaia Northland Tornado [11]
1947 Tsunami East Coast Gisborne Maximum wave heights of 10m. 25 March [12]
1947 Tsunami East Coast Gisborne Maximum wave heights of 5m. 17 May [12]
1948 Weather 3 Hamilton Waikato Tornado [13]
1953 Volcanic 151 Tangiwai Manawatu Lahar destroyed rail bridge, sending train into river Tangiwai disaster
1953 Weather 1 Auckland Auckland Tornado [14]
1960 Tsunami New Zealand Chile Maximum wave heights of 4.5m [15]
1968 Earthquake 3 Inangahua West Coast M 7.1 1968 Inangahua earthquake
1968 Weather 53 North Island North Island Cyclone Cyclone Giselle
1973 Weather 1 Opunake Taranaki Tornado [16]
1980 Weather 1 Auckland Auckland Tornado [14]
1985 Landslide 3 Te Aroha Waikato [17]
1988 Weather 3 East Coast of North Island North Island $229,000,000 Cyclone Cyclone Bola
1991 Weather 1 Auckland Auckland Tornado [18]
2003 Tsunami Fiordland Southland Maximum wave heights of 5m [19]
2004 Landslide 2 Owira Bay of Plenty [20]
2004 Weather 2 Waitara Taranaki Tornado [13]
2007 Earthquake 1 Gisborne Gisborne $18,600,000 M 6.7 2007 Gisborne earthquake
2009 Health Crisis 19 New Zealand New Zealand Swine flu infects 3,175 people and results in 19 deaths 2009 flu pandemic in New Zealand
2011 Earthquake 185 Christchurch Canterbury $42,000,000,000 M 6.3 2011 Christchurch earthquake
2011 Weather 1 Auckland Auckland $6,300,000 Tornado [13]
2011 Earthquake 1 Christchurch Canterbury M 6.4 June 2011 Christchurch earthquake
2012 Weather 3 Auckland Auckland Tornado [21]
2013 Landslide 2 Haast Pass West Coast [22]
2014 Flooding 2 Northland North Island
2015 Flooding 1 Petone Wellington [23]
2016 Health Crisis 3 Havelock North Hawke's Bay $710,000 Campylobacter infects 5,200 people and results in 3 deaths

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2016 Earthquake 2 Kaikoura Canterbury M 7.8 2016 Kaikoura earthquake

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "5. Notable New Zealand landslides – Landslides – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 1979-08-08. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Wairarapa tsunami, 23 January 1855 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Peru-Chile tsunami, 15 August 1868 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Northern Chile tsunami, 11 May 1877 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  5. ↑ "May 1904 Manawatu-Wanganui and West Coast Flooding - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  6. ↑ "May 1914 North Island Flooding - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  7. ↑ "Epidemic | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.net.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  8. ↑ "January 1923 Canterbury and Tasman-Nelson Flooding - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  9. 1 2 "March 1924 Hawke's Bay Flooding - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  10. ↑ "Chatham Islands tsunami, 19 July 1924 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 1924-07-19. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  11. ↑ "August 1942 New Zealand High Winds - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  12. 1 2 "Gisborne tsunami, 25 March and 17 May 1947 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  13. 1 2 3 "Tornadoes in New Zealand - FAQs". NIWA.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  14. 1 2 "New Zealand Historic Weather Events Catalog". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  15. ↑ "Chile tsunami, 23 May 1960 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 1960-05-23. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  16. ↑ "April 1973 Taranaki Tornado - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  17. ↑ "February 1985 Auckland and Waikato Flooding - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  18. ↑ "June 1991 Auckland Tornado - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  19. ↑ "Fiordland tsunami, 22 August 2003 - Tsunami - GeoNet". Info.geonet.org.nz. 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  20. ↑ "July 2004 Bay of Plenty Flooding and Landslides - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  21. ↑ "Auckland tornado kills 3, hits 150 homes". Stuff.co.nz. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  22. ↑ "September 2013 New Zealand Storm - HWE". Hwe.niwa.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  23. ↑
  24. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/83847374/havelock-north-water-crisis-expected-to-cost-hastings-district-council-710000
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