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This stunning map shows that six faults – at least six – ruptured in the big Kaikoura - marc / berkeley - 11-16-2016
by Toby Manhire
November 16 2016
A newly released map reveals the extraordinary complexity of Monday morning’s monster earthquake. GNS Science earthquake geologist Nicola Litchfield explains what we’re looking at. Below, Ursula Cochran explains the big picture.
Following the Kaikoura earthquake early on Monday morning, GNS Science geologists Nicola Litchfield and Pilar Villamor flew south by chopper from Wellington to make the first, visual observations of which fault lines had ruptured.
http://thespinoff.co.nz/science/16-11-2016/this-stunning-map-shows-that-six-faults-at-least-six-ruptured-in-the-kaikoura-quake/