Story: Active faults
During the Murchison earthquake of 17 June 1929, a section of the White Creek Fault ruptured, producing a scarp over 4.5 metres high in the upper Buller Gorge. A few days later these motorists surveyed the fault scarp, which was an obstacle until the road was realigned.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Nelson Jones Collection (PAColl-3051)
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