TY - JOUR AU - Read, S. A. L. AU - Sritharan, S. PY - 1993/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Reconnaissance report on the Ormond earthquake: 10 August 1993 JF - Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering JA - BNZSEE VL - 26 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.5459/bnzsee.26.3.292-308 UR - https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/668 SP - 292-308 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>On the 10th of August 1993, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 occurred near Gisborne. This report presents observations made by a reconnaissance team which visited the Gisborne area in the days following the earthquake. Structural damage in Gisborne City and damage to services and roading was limited. Stronger ground-motions were apparent between Ormond and Te Karaka, 20km northwest of Gisborne, where soil liquefaction occurred on the Waipaoa River flats, and some natural slopes failed.</p></div></div></div></div> ER -