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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

New Zealand Earthquake - Ready for another one?

They are lining up M6's along a fault.  We might expect another one down at the end, since the trend is so powerful.  Unfortunately, M6's don't create a stress shadow, where we would say it's over and done with.  If these earthquakes line up on this straight fault (thrust?) for 300km, then we can expect an M8.  I don't mean to be super gloomy, but this is fairly standard in that part of the world.
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2 comments:

  1. KraksFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Hi.
    Maybe you're interested:
    "The Unknown Fault That Caught out Christchurch" by Andy Coghlan @ New Scientist.

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  2. Harold AsmisFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    I suspect that if they had done their trenching, that this thing activates every 300 years or so.

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