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Damage further afield

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Damage further afield

Damage to roads was widespread on the West Coast, and took many months to repair. Taken in Greymouth, this photograph indicates the extent of the damage: Greymouth is over 100 kilometres south-west of the epicentre of the Murchison quake.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1929 Arthur’s Pass and Murchison earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4505/damage-further-afield (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 November 2017.