Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
    • Map of Cook Strait (New Zealand) faults
    Rights: GNS Science Published 29 July 2013 Size: 170 KB Referencing Hub media

    Computer modelling by GNS Science has revealed the location of the fault (in yellow) that ruptured under Cook Strait on 21 July 2013. The fault is about 40 km long, and about half of its total length ruptured, producing a magnitude 6.5 earthquake.

      Appears in

      ARTICLE

      Cook Strait 2013 earthquake

      According to GNS Science, GPS observations have shown that parts of Marlborough moved up to 5 cm to the east during the 21 July 2013 magnitude 6.5 earthquake, which shook Wellington and the top ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    1. + Create new collection
        2. Go to full glossary
        Download all
        Email Us

        See our newsletters here.