Story: Earthquakes All images & media From page 1 – What causes earthquakes? New Zealand earthquakes, 1990–94 Plate boundaries, earthquakes and volcanoes (1st of 2) Plate boundary through New Zealand (2nd of 2) Faults and earthquakes (1st of 2) Wairarapa Fault scarp, Pigeon Bush (2nd of 2) Primary and secondary waves (1st of 2) The earthquake magnitude scale (2nd of 2) Visualising the magnitude scale Extent of shaking, 1942 Wairarapa earthquake From page 2 – Seismic activity in New Zealand Earthquakes and volcanoes in the subduction zone Faults in central New Zealand Fault rupture, 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake Earthquake damage, Te Anau From page 3 – Living with earthquakes GeoNet monitoring sites (1st of 3) GeoNet seismometer network (2nd of 3) GeoNet monitor (3rd of 3) Seismologist Warwick Smith New Zealand regions at greatest risk of ground shaking GPS station in the Southern Alps Recalling the Hawke’s Bay earthquake Drop, cover and hold (1st of 2) Being prepared (2nd of 2) From page 4 – Building for earthquake resistance Napier Nurses’ Home (1st of 2) Wreckage of the Nurses’ Home, 1931 (2nd of 2) Earthquake-resistant building Strengthening Parliament Buildings Fitting base isolation bearings Earthquake-resistant houses Strengthening the Thorndon overbridge
