Following the devastating earthquake on Tuesday February 22nd, a team of four GeoNet technicians and scientists are on their way down to Christchurch to deploy instruments to better capture the aftershock sequence, and get a better understanding of the local fault structure. I will follow their progress and update you with photos.Due to limited accommodation in Christchurch our team have traveling and are staying in a camper van.
UPDATE 16:00 Team one (camper) have just driven through Seddon, and Team 2 are currently on the ferry, though a late boarding means they will be spending the night in Kaikoura
before heading down to Christchurch and meeting up with the camper team.
Below - the very full GNS ute of Team 2, waiting to load onto the ferry
Geonet scientists are hot!
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks Chad, i'll pass that comment on!
ReplyDeleteWell done guys your doing a great job, I live in chch and follow geo net like its on fire, Great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda!
ReplyDeleteHi Sara, great idea having a Blog, many people must be wondering what correlation there is between the data being collected on the Alpine fault and the two Canterbury faults presently active. Has there been any change in the activity of the Alpine fault?
ReplyDeleteThank you
Paul
Great stuff, what worries me now is the effect this quake has had on the Pegasis Bay fault.
ReplyDeletePaul, Richmond CHCH
Paul - i have asked one of our resident scientists and neither the Sept quake, nor last weeks quake are thought to have had any effect on the Alpine Fault.
ReplyDeletePaul1nz - i believe the Scientists are still working on the local faults, in regards to stress.
I think that the earthquake on 21 february 2011,it is a conseguence of the reverce fault by direction NE-SW.
ReplyDeletehttp://georcit.blogspot.com/2011/02/considerazioni-tettoniche-della-nuova.html
What do you think?
Hi Sara
ReplyDeleteMy concern was the effect the latest quake had on the Pegasus Bay fault the one out to sea off Christchurch
Paul