Observed & Modeled Movements Caused by the Fiordland Earthquake

31 August 2009

Horizontal movements caused by the Fiordland earthquake on 15 July 2009. The blue arrows indicate displacements observed by LINZ PositioNZ stations at Puysegur Point (PYGR), Mavora Lakes (MAVL), Bluff (BLUF), Alexandra (LEXA), and Dunedin (DUND). The red arrows indicate modeled movements. The green boxes show a preliminary model indicating the extent of the fault that broke in the earthquake. The fault is located between 10 km depth in the west and 30 km depth in the east.

Read the full article for more information about the work LINZ and GNS Science are doing to understand the July 2009 Fiordland earthquake.

The blue arrows indicate displacements observed by LINZ PositioNZ stations at Puysegur Point (PYGR), Mavora Lakes (MAVL), Bluff (BLUF), Alexandra (LEXA), and Dunedin (DUND). The red arrows indicate modelled movements. The green boxes show a preliminary model indicating the extent of the fault that broke in the earthquake. The fault is located between 10 km depth in the west and 30 km depth in the east. (Image courtesy of GNS Science.)

Image courtesy of GNS Science.
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