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Hikurangi fault 'hotbed' of international quake research
WILL HARVIE
Last updated 16:53, March 8 2018
A huge and expensive international effort is underway to understand the Hikurangi fault zone off Gisborne. Will Harvie reports.
Something like $100 million will be spent helping scientists learn more about the Hikurangi subduction zone off the east coast of the North Island.
In the latest stage of the project, a ship heads to sea on the weekend and will implant two instruments under the sea floor to learn more about the "slow slip" earthquakes that often occur on the Hikurangi.
The string of projects started last year and will extend into next year.
More:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/102046825/.html
