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Events on Tuesday 3 February 1931 1
1931Hawke's Bay earthquakeMagnitude 7.8 earthquake destroys Napier and HastingsA powerful earthquake struck the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island, and the fires that followed destroyed much of central Napier. 256 people were killed, making it New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster. Napier was rebuilt in the Art Deco style.