Story: Historic earthquakes

Fault ruptures, 2016 Kaikōura earthquake

Along the Leader Fault south-west of Kaikōura there was up to 3 metres of vertical movement.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46858/fault-ruptures-2016-kaikoura-earthquake (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 29 September 2017, updated 1 November 2017.