Steam and gas jets are still coming out of the active vent on Whakaari / White Island, following the eruption […]
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24/7 geohazards monitoring centre – Expert Q&A
A National Geohazards Monitoring Centre has gone live today and will provide round-the-clock monitoring of earthquakes, tsunami, landslides and volcanic activity. The process for […]
Continue readingKaikōura earthquake, one year on – In the News
A year on from the November 14 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the upper South Island and Wellington, scientists are […]
Continue readingLarge quake shakes Snares Island – In the News
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the Auckland Islands on Tuesday evening was close to, if not on, the subduction […]
Continue readingMantle’s melting moment – In the News
New Zealand scientists have used GPS data to better understand how the Earth’s mantle is melting deep below the North […]
Continue readingGeoNet takes to Facebook Live for Kaikoura update – In the News
Tuesday marked four months since the November 14 Kaikoura earthquake, which caused widespread damage and disruption along the east coast […]
Continue readingWhy I joined the call to fund a 24/7 operations centre for GeoNet – Shaun Hendy
Following the Kaikoura earthquake, calls have been made for a 24/7 hazard monitoring system. Professor Shaun Hendy, author of Silencing Science, […]
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 readingConfusion over tsunami warnings – In the News
As the bustle of the first few days after this week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake begins to settle, questions are turning […]
Continue readingDay 3: Kaikoura earthquake, what do we know? — In The News
Rather than the initial reports of a single 7.5-magnitude earthquake based near Hanmer Springs the now-named Kaikoura quake is believed […]
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