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Kōrero: Active faults

Greendale Fault

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Greendale Fault

Ironic comment left on a paddock along the previously unknown Greendale Fault, which caused the ground to move up to 5 metres horizontally and 1 metre vertically on 4 September 2010.

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CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive

Reference: GEER Association Aerial Photograph 082

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Eileen McSaveney, Active faults – What is an active fault?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46845/greendale-fault (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 26 July 2017.