Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – ...

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

where a series of sub-parallel strike-slip faults mark the transition from the Alpine fault to the Hikurangi subduction zone. They used the magnetotelluric method 5 to measure the electrical ...

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

This operation has made it possible to collect unprecedented data on the fault, particularly on its healing after the 2011 earthquake. Scientists hope to better understand how subduction zones ...

In the winter of 1811-12, a series of earthquakes happened in the fault zone, the largest of which seismologists believe was between 7.2-8.2 on the Richter scale.