Flat basins are favoured places to build cities. But seismic waves can get trapped in these basins, putting cities at risk from distant earthquakes.
- Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Three major earthquakes, including one magnitude 8.1 shake, ruptured along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone, the longest such system on Earth.
New research confirms that massive plumes of buoyant hot rock once rose from near the Earth’s core to the surface and triggered vast volcanic eruptions - and that New Zealand sits on top of one.
New research shows that satellite measurements of tiny movements of the Earth’s surface can tell scientists what is happening in the deeper layers of our planet.
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