The town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison,_New_Zealand" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Murchison, New Zealand">Murchison, New Zealand</a> is rocked by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Murchison_earthquake" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1929 Murchison earthquake">7.8 magnitude earthquake</a> killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.