Kōrero: Earthquakes

New Zealand earthquakes, 1990–94

Plate boundaries, earthquakes and volcanoes

Plate boundary through New Zealand

Faults and earthquakes

Wairarapa Fault scarp, Pigeon Bush

Primary and secondary waves

The earthquake magnitude scale

Extent of shaking, 1942 Wairarapa earthquake

Liquefaction in Christchurch, 2011

Earthquakes and volcanoes in the subduction zone

Faults in central New Zealand

Fault rupture, 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake

Earthquake damage, Te Anau

GeoNet monitoring sites

GeoNet seismometer network

GeoNet monitor

Seismologist Warwick Smith

New Zealand regions at greatest risk of ground shaking

GPS station in the Southern Alps

Recalling the Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Drop, cover and hold

Being prepared

Napier Nurses’ Home

Wreckage of the Nurses’ Home, 1931

Earthquake-resistant building

Strengthening Parliament Buildings

Fitting base isolation bearings

Strengthening the Thorndon overbridge

Buildings damaged during the Christchurch earthquake, 2011

Canterbury Television (CTV) building, Christchurch

Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch