Story: Historic earthquakes

Kēkerengū Fault (3rd of 3)

Kēkerengū Fault

Bluff Station Cottage, which straddled the Kēkerengū Fault, was torn off its foundations by movement along the fault during the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.

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Eileen McSaveney, 'Historic earthquakes - Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/46861/kekerengu-fault (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 28 Mar 2011, updated 1 Nov 2017