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Greendale Fault

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The Greendale Fault is an active seismic fault in the middle of New Zealand's South Island. [1]

13 relations: Active fault, Christchurch, Coordinated Universal Time, Earthquake, Earthquake Commission, GeoNet, GNS Science, Moment magnitude scale, New Zealand, South Island, Stuff.co.nz, Time in New Zealand, United States Geological Survey.

Active fault

An active fault is a fault that is likely to become the source of another earthquake sometime in the future.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Coordinated Universal Time

No description.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Earthquake Commission

The Earthquake Commission (EQC), (Kōmihana Rūwhenua), is a New Zealand Crown entity that invests in natural disaster research and education as well as providing natural disaster insurance to residential property owners.

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GeoNet

GeoNet was an early international on-line services network built using microcomputers.

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GNS Science

GNS Science (Māori: Te Pū Ao) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute.

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Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted as Mw or M) is one of many seismic magnitude scales used to measure the size of earthquakes.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz is a New Zealand news website published by Fairfax Digital, a division of Fairfax New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian company Fairfax Media Ltd.

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Time in New Zealand

Time in New Zealand, by law, is divided into two standard time zones.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greendale_Fault

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