Edgecumbe Earthquake 1987

A DigitalNZ Story by David Clover

Images of the Edgecumbe earthquake 1987

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Image: Grocery shop interior, Edgecumbe, showing earthquake damage

Grocery shop interior, Edgecumbe, showing earthquake damage

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Image: Builder's premises, Tawa Street, Edgecumbe, damaged by earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

Builder's premises, Tawa Street, Edgecumbe, damaged by earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: Earthquake damaged footpath at Edgecumbe - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

Earthquake damaged footpath at Edgecumbe - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: House damaged by the Edgecumbe earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

House damaged by the Edgecumbe earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: Queue outside the Earthquake and War Damage office in Whakatane after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

Queue outside the Earthquake and War Damage office in Whakatane after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: Transformer toppled from its mountings at the Edgecumbe substation - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

Transformer toppled from its mountings at the Edgecumbe substation - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: Young Te Teko children waiting for their dinner at Hahura Marae, Onepu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

Young Te Teko children waiting for their dinner at Hahura Marae, Onepu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson

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Image: Railway lines and a locomotive affected by the Edgecumbe earthquake

Railway lines and a locomotive affected by the Edgecumbe earthquake

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