1947 Gisborne earthquakes and tsunami

The first of the two shocks struck offshore Poverty Bay on 26 March 1947 at 8:32 am NZST, east of Gisborne and off the North Island coast, and generated a tsunami that was not observed outside New Zealand. Four people at the Tatapouri Hotel, 13 kilometres by road north of Gisborne, saw the wave coming and ran up a hill.

Origin time (UTC)

1947-03-25T20:32

Magnitude

7.67

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

15

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem897790

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: new zealand, tsunami, gisborne, north island

Coordinates: -38.676, 178.533

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in New Zealand since 1900

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