A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing in a crack in a field near the Greendale fault line.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing in a crack in a field near the Greendale fault line.
A photograph of a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has cracked due to the 4 September 2010 earthquake. In the distance, police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
A photograph of people examining a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has large cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
A photograph of a fence on the Greendale Fault line which has shifted considerably due to the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been placed across the road to close it off.
A photograph of people examining a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has large cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
A photograph of people examining a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has large cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
A photograph of a fence on the Greendale Fault line which has shifted considerably due to the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been placed across the road to close it off.
A photograph of people examining a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has large cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
A map of earthquake events in Canterbury.
A photograph of a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has shifted considerably and cracked due to the 4 September 2010 earthquake. In the distance, police tape and cones have been used to close off the road.
An incomplete infographic showing a proposed fault rupture avoidance zone where the Alpine Fault runs under Franz Joseph township.
A photograph of cracks across a road in Canterbury caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A map showing the location of a study dating historic earthquakes on the Alpine Fault.
Object Overview of 'Hunter Hills Fault Zone study – Earthquake hazard assessment (Yetton, 2008).'
An infographic describing research into historic earthquakes on the Greendale Fault.
A map of the tectonic plate boundary of the alpine fault in New Zealand.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line running through a woolshed".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line streaks through a farm".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line running through a paddock".
This report describes the earthquake hazard in Waimate and Mackenzie districts and the part of Waitaki district within Canterbury, and gives details of historic earthquakes. It includes district-scale (1:500,000) active fault, ground shaking zone, liquefaction and landslide susceptibility maps. The report describes earthquake scenarios for a magnitude 7.2-7.4 Ostler Fault earthquake near Twizel, a magnitude 8 Alpine Fault earthquake, and a magnitude 6.9 Hunters Hills Fault Zone earthquake near Waimate. See Object Overview for background and usage information.
Object Overview of 'General distribution and characteristics of active faults and folds in the Mackenzie District, South Canterbury (Barrell and Strong, 2010).'
A photograph of a crack in a field indicating the Greendale faultline. A mobile phone has been placed beside the crack as a size reference.
A photograph of a crack in a field indicating the Greendale faultline. A mobile phone has been placed beside the crack as a size reference.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office taking photographs of the lateral shifting and cracks in a road after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line running through a woolshed near West Melton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault line ripped across a road which has been repaired".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".
Object Overview of 'Assessment of active fault and fold hazards in the Twizel area, Mackenzie District, South Canterbury (Barrell, 2010).'
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial shot of the fault line that ruptured, causing Saturday's 7.1 earthquake. The fault runs between the house and garage of this property".