💧🌏 Greg CocksMay 22, 2024
Hikurangi Subduction Zone - The Burning Question About NZ’s Biggest Quake-Maker
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hikurangi-subduction-zone-the-burning-question-about-nzs-biggest-quake-maker/TPYTCPZLIVF3XPGHB4DUP6U2NM/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103696 <-- shared paper
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Hikurangi Subduction Zone: The burning question about NZ’s biggest quake-maker

Our biggest fault zone is thought to have a release valve in the form of 'silent' quakes.

NZ Herald