The chances of New Zealand’s Alpine Fault rupturing in a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years are much higher than previously thought, according to our research, published today. The 850km ...

It was difficult to tell the exact location of small earthquakes at depth, and it was also hard to know exactly where the Alpine Fault was at depth, Balfour said.

The location is regarded by scientists as one ... to drill into plate boundary faults after large earthquakes. The Alpine Fault project will be one of the first attempts to probe the inside ...

The majestic Southern Alps are the result of the upheaval of the Pacific Plate's rim.DAVID WALKER / FAIRFAX NZ The Alpine Fault is a huge 480km scar slicing through the western length of the South ...

An earthquake on the Alpine Fault line is expected to be felt by all of New Zealand. Public Interest Journalism funded by NZ on Air. Video / North and South Faultlines is a partnership with North ...

"This is quite exceptional given that the ambient temperature at the sensor's location is very close ... At its northern end, near Inchbonnie, the Alpine Fault was intersected by the Hope Fault ...

One of the world’s most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand. With a 75% chance of it happening within the next 50 ...

Rupert Sutherland received funding for this project from the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and the Ministry of ...

The Alpine Fault on New Zealand’s South Island tends to beget a 8.0 magnitude earthquake approximately once every 300 years, Gizmodo reports. The last quake at the fault was in 1717 ...

With the same length as the Great Lakes Tectonic Zone, the Alpine Fault can be found at New Zealand’s South Island. The movement of the plates here have caused some of the most devastating ...

The multi-national Alpine Fault drilling project has moved to a new phase with a new drilling rig positioned over the borehole to take the probe to its target depth of 1.3km In the initial part of ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) One of the world's most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand. With a 75% chance of it ...