Tuesday marked four months since the November 14 Kaikoura earthquake, which caused widespread damage and disruption along the east coast […]
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Alpine Fault interval refined – In the News
Improving on their 2012 study in Science, GNS Science researchers have refined their understanding of past earthquakes on the South-Westland section […]
Continue readingKaikoura earthquake – Expert Q&A with GeoNet
Scientists are still unravelling what happened a week ago on several faults near Kaikoura and Culverden. We asked GeoNet scientists […]
Continue readingMagnitude 7.5 earthquake – Expert Reaction
Seismologists are racing to find out more about the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the South Island shortly after midnight […]
Continue readingHikurangi ‘Megathrust’ potential to be studied – In the News
GNS Science will lead a multi-million dollar study investigating the Hikurangi subduction zone and what danger it might pose to […]
Continue readingEast Cape earthquake and tsunami warning – Expert Q&A
An early morning earthquake off the coast of the East Cape rattled many from their beds and sparked a tsunami warning. […]
Continue readingEast Coast ‘quake and tsunami warning – In the News
An early morning earthquake off the coast of the East Cape was widely felt across the North Island and prompted […]
Continue readingSinking Dunedin’s flood risk – In the News
Reclaimed land in South Dunedin might be sinking faster than other areas, GNS Science researchers have found, coinciding with a […]
Continue readingTūhoe and scientists collaborate on dinosaur hunt – In the news
Ngāi Tūhoe and palaeontologists have teamed up to go digging for dinosaurs and understand more about how these animals lived in […]
Continue readingSlow motion quake offers seismic clues – Expert reaction
For the first time, scientists have watched a slow-motion earthquake unfold below the sea, offering insights into the earthquake and […]
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