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Franz Josef emergency services on Alpine Fault must be moved - Westland mayor

Emergency services based on top of the Alpine Fault in Franz Josef must be urgently moved, the Westland mayor says, after latest research indicates a devastating quake in the next 50 years is more than twice as likely as previously thought.
Franz Josef township, on the West Coast.
Photo: RNZ / Conan Young
The study from Victoria University suggested a big quake could block South Island highways in more than 120 places, leave 10,000 people cut off, and cost the economy about $10 billion.
The 850km Alpine Fault runs up the western side of the South Island between Milford Sound and Marlborough, and poses one of the biggest natural threats to New Zealand. ....

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Franz Josef emergency services on Alpine Fault must be moved

Franz Josef emergency services on Alpine Fault must be moved - Westland mayor
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© RNZ / Conan Young
Emergency services based on top of the Alpine Fault in Franz Josef must be urgently moved, the Westland mayor says, after latest research indicates a devastating quake in the next 50 years is more than twice as likely as previously thought.
The study from Victoria University suggested a big quake could block South Island highways in more than 120 places, leave 10,000 people cut off, and cost the economy about $10 billion.
The 850km Alpine Fault runs up the western side of the South Island between Milford Sound and Marlborough, and poses one of the biggest natural threats to New Zealand. ....

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