Press Release – Otago Regional Council The results of a seismic mapping project on the bed of Lake Wnaka have provided further evidence of a likely active fault identified in 2019. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) commissioned NIWA to undertake the mapping in late 2019, after a desk-based …
The results of a seismic mapping project on the bed of Lake Wānaka have provided further evidence of a likely active fault identified in 2019.
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) commissioned NIWA to undertake the mapping in late 2019, after a desk-based review by GNS Science, also commissioned by ORC, identified the likely fault earlier that year.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 4:00 pm
The results of a seismic mapping project on the bed of
Lake Wānaka have provided further evidence of a likely
active fault identified in 2019.
The Otago Regional
Council (ORC) commissioned NIWA to undertake the mapping in
late 2019, after a desk-based review by GNS Science, also
commissioned by ORC, identified the likely fault earlier
that year.
The NW Cardrona fault was previously
thought to have run northeast from the Cardrona Valley,
through Albert Town to Hawea. GNS scientists now propose
that the fault runs northwest past the foot of Mt Alpha,
beneath part of the Wanaka township, and out under the