NZ earthquake risk: The million-year model unravelling nation s peril
7 Mar, 2021 03:11 AM
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A new state-of-the-art model may shed new light on what triggered the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Photo / Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter
A new state-of-the-art model may shed new light on what triggered the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Photo / Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter
Kiwi scientists have created a million-year catalogue of synthetic earthquakes that could help answer just the kind of big questions now swirling around Friday s shaky morning. It may also help tell us what kicked off the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake - one of the most complex ever recorded - and how certain elements of New Zealand s landscape can worsen shaking effects.