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Kōrero: Earthquakes

GPS station in the Southern Alps

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GPS station in the Southern Alps

Global positioning system (GPS) equipment is used to pinpoint where strain is building up in the earth’s crust. Stations like this one high in the Southern Alps need to be robust to withstand the extreme climate.

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GNS Science

by Dion Matheson

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Earthquakes – Living with earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4419/gps-station-in-the-southern-alps (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2017.