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Earthquakes in New Zealand
Earthquakes in New Zealand are due to the country being part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is geologically active. About 20,000 earthquakes, most of them minor, are recorded each year.〔(Radio NZ news ) report on 2007 Gisborne earthquake〕 About 200 of these are strong enough to be felt.〔(Earthquakes: The Short Story, Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand )〕 As a result, New Zealand has very stringent building regulations.
==Distribution==
Most earthquakes in New Zealand occur along the main ranges running from Fiordland in the southwest to East Cape in the northeast. This axis follows the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates. Large earthquakes are less common along the central Alpine Fault, where the plates are not subducting and the forces are accommodated in different ways.
The largest city within this high-risk zone is the nation's capital, Wellington, followed by Hastings then Napier. All these cities have experienced severe earthquakes since European settlement.
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