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The great wall of New Zealand: Incredible aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has created 15ft high natural barriers across the landscape
29 November 2016
Huge Hadrians Wall-like fault erupting from New Zealand countryside after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked New Zealand earlier this month. It was created by the shift in the earth when on the November 14 the southern hemisphere was hit by the huge quake around Kaikoura around 600 miles north of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. For the first time since the natural disaster, scientists have been allowed into the area surrounding the epicentre
Dr Kate Pedley, from the University of Canterbury, poses next to the 15ft wall created by the quake on November 14. Dr Kate Pedley, from UC, has been documenting the scientist's progress and took these incredible pictures which show the earth itself has been warped and twisted by the effects of the huge quake.
The force of the quake was so strong in New Zealand one landslide even created a dam on the Leader River
Roads, fields and the sides of entire hills have also been disturbed with also more subtle lines showing just in the outline of disturbed grass and crops in the lush New Zealand countryside. As these pictures by Dr Pedley show they covered an area of stunning Hobbit-like idyllic green New Zealand countryside torn apart by the earthquake.
The total zone of faulting is about two miles across. Most of the faulting the team measured occurred on fault traces that had not been previously mapped
Roads like this one and and fencing clearly show how sections of the earth have shifted out of line after the quake
Senior lecturer in engineering geology Dr Clark Fenton said a rapid field response was vital in collected as much data as possible
He said as well as measuring the displacement of the land the team also recovered a lamb from a 1.5 metre fissure in the ground
29 November 2016
Huge Hadrians Wall-like fault erupting from New Zealand countryside after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked New Zealand earlier this month. It was created by the shift in the earth when on the November 14 the southern hemisphere was hit by the huge quake around Kaikoura around 600 miles north of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. For the first time since the natural disaster, scientists have been allowed into the area surrounding the epicentre
Dr Kate Pedley, from the University of Canterbury, poses next to the 15ft wall created by the quake on November 14. Dr Kate Pedley, from UC, has been documenting the scientist's progress and took these incredible pictures which show the earth itself has been warped and twisted by the effects of the huge quake.
The force of the quake was so strong in New Zealand one landslide even created a dam on the Leader River
Roads, fields and the sides of entire hills have also been disturbed with also more subtle lines showing just in the outline of disturbed grass and crops in the lush New Zealand countryside. As these pictures by Dr Pedley show they covered an area of stunning Hobbit-like idyllic green New Zealand countryside torn apart by the earthquake.
The total zone of faulting is about two miles across. Most of the faulting the team measured occurred on fault traces that had not been previously mapped
Roads like this one and and fencing clearly show how sections of the earth have shifted out of line after the quake
Senior lecturer in engineering geology Dr Clark Fenton said a rapid field response was vital in collected as much data as possible
He said as well as measuring the displacement of the land the team also recovered a lamb from a 1.5 metre fissure in the ground
