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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 1259 km
2 (=486 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 61 km (38 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the weeks, months or even a year following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2777 quakes):
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Val Raymond sketching for the book ‘Ngā Marae o Ngāti Tūwharetoa’. The original sketches became one of three significant collections gifted to the iwi by the artist.
Val Evon Raymond, artist, educationalist, “quiet activist” 19/11/1931 - 19/2/2021 Taupō painter and artist Val Raymond – synonymous with landscape and portrait painting in the town and wider central North Island has been remembered for her “quiet activism” for the area’s environment and heritage and her bridging of the gap between a European aesthetic and Te Ao Māori. Among a series of glowing tributes at her funeral, one of the most poignant was by artist and curator Eleazar Bramley (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rauhoto).
Additional overnight road resurfacing work on State Highway 1 in the central North Island starts today 28 February 2021
Two sites in Turangi - at the State Highway 1 intersection with State Highway 41, and the State Highway 1 intersection with Pihanga Road, will be completed today and tomorrow.
Between Tuesday and Thursday this week a site on the Desert road will also be resurfaced.
There ll also be foam bitumen stabilisation in the Oturere Hill area of the Desert Road over the week starting tomorrow.
NZTA says Stop-Go traffic management with a temporary speed limit of 30 kilometres will be in place for all sites.
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Contact Energy’s plan to develop a geothermal power station at the base of Mount Tauhara could see 500 jobs added to Taupō out of the $580 million development.
While the Taupō District economy has largely weathered Covid-19’s decimation of the international visitor market, observers are again warning the town of uncertainty ahead as the quieter ‘shoulder season’ for domestic tourism approaches. But the potential boost of Contact Energy’s announcement that it was committed to building the Tauhara 2 power station, could be a game changer, Taupō District Council chief executive officer Gareth Green, told councillors in his report for January 2021 on Tuesday .
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