Kōrero: Historic earthquakes

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Opened fault

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This aerial footage shows the fault that opened during the Edgecumbe earthquake as it snakes across farmland.

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by Lloyd Homer

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/4540/opened-fault (accessed 4 June 2026).

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