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Next Manawatū Gorge rock fall could be 170 times larger than two previous slips
Stuff.co.nz   13 September 2017   New Zealand   Manawatu Gorge  
The NZ Transport Agency expects as much as 630,000 cubic metres to drop at the Manawatū Gorge. A slip in April was 3500cum.
<p>The Manawatū Gorge could experience a rock fall 170 times larger than the two slips that caused the state highway to close in April.<br />The NZ Transport Agency expects as much as 630,000 cubic metres to drop at Kerry's wall, near the Ashhurst end, which ...
Kaikoura: 'Most complex quake ever studied'
BBC NEWS   24 March 2017   New Zealand   Oceania  
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<p>The big earthquake that struck New Zealand last year may have been the most complex ever, say scientists.<br>November's Magnitude 7.8 event ruptured a near-200km-long swathe of territory, shifting parts of NZ's South Island 5m closer to North Island.<br>Whole ...