Yesterday’s magnitude 8.0 earthquake in the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami which damaged villages and at killed at least five […]
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Japan’s quake, tsunami one year on – Experts respond
On March 11 last year a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami. Resulting […]
Continue readingThe Canterbury earthquake and the science response
Media are invited to attend a press conference at 11am today on the scientific response to the Canterbury earthquake and […]
Continue readingDom Post: ‘Unrealistic optimism’ bounces back
Marty Sharpe writes in the Dominion Post that, for at least some of the people who experienced the Christchurch earthquake, […]
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