Thank you Steve, for the facebook kicking to progress my geological knowledge - Canterbury volcanics are definitively long extinct:
see *Pushing New Zealand's Boundaries* <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Nyr78Mqyg&feature=related> - an NZ land formation simulation by GNS Science. But given that my Kaikoura prediction is proving correct (weekend slip and yesterday quakes) what might people fairly expect?.. On 06/09/10 09:23, Rik Tindall wrote: > ... > From 18 years here observing this, most Chch earthquakes don't manifest > on the Port Hills / Banks Peninsula - because it is a different and most > ancient rock mass (volcanic) next to Alps& Plains. But this quake is > connecting signifiantly& feels like the Pacific Plate may still be in > steady slow motion.. > > Not wanting to alarm anyone.. > > I'd say that the recent Fijordland quake tension/energy has now been > passing under us and so off out to sea at the east, along the major NZ > fault line proximity; but first it must get past the Hope fault and > Kaikoura. > NewstalkZB reports a slip closing Summit Road (?) on Banks Peninsula today - not our first lately. Taking the two-year, South Island quake history into account, with the GNS plate dynamic simulation in mind, and the cited shifts west (Dunedin 30cm in July 2009, and us 13cm on 4 Sept), the pressure expression in Kaikoura now may suggest there would be significant movement on the Alpine fault/s too, sooner rather than later. Everything east of the Alps is trying to move south-west.. Preparedness is the simple key: Torch & transistor next to bed, spare batteries ready at hand, water & food supplies in house, gas stove stocked, warm & waterproof clothes handy, good contact maintained with relatives, friends and neighbours, emergency pet care prepared too, psychological resilience up, etc. Here are my study notes: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/quake.html Stay safe, all the best. -- Kind regards, Rik Tindall 03-332-1069 or 027-406-0077 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
