Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The 1843 Wanganui earthquake occurred on 8 July at 16:45 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The maximum perceived intensity was IX (violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale' possibly reaching X (extreme). The epicentre is estimated to have been within a zone extending 50 km northeast from Wanganui towards Taihape. GNS Science has this earthquake cataloged and places the epicenter 35 km east of Taihape, near the border of Hawke's Bay. This was the first earthquake in New Zealand over magnitude 7 for which written records exist, and the first for which deaths were recorded."@en }
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- 1843_Wanganui_earthquake abstract "The 1843 Wanganui earthquake occurred on 8 July at 16:45 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The maximum perceived intensity was IX (violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale' possibly reaching X (extreme). The epicentre is estimated to have been within a zone extending 50 km northeast from Wanganui towards Taihape. GNS Science has this earthquake cataloged and places the epicenter 35 km east of Taihape, near the border of Hawke's Bay. This was the first earthquake in New Zealand over magnitude 7 for which written records exist, and the first for which deaths were recorded.".