At 10:47 AM on February 3, 1931, the earth shook violently beneath Napier, New Zealand. Two and a half minutes later, most of the town lay in ruins, consumed first by earthquake and then by fire.
A new study into those killed in the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake has concluded the toll from the disaster is slightly lower than previously claimed. Genealogy company Ancestry.com says its researchers ...