The magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centred near Īnangahua Junction, a small community 40 km east of Westport. It struck at 5.24 a.m., shaking many people from their beds.
At Whitecliffs a limestone bluff collapsed onto a farmhouse, killing one woman occupant and fatally injuring another. Shortly after the earthquake a motorist was killed 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.
See Simon Nathan's 'Experiencing the Īnangahua Earthquake':
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'Three die in Īnangahua earthquake', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/three-die-inangahua-earthquake, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Jan-2021
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