Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Force of nature

Author
Meduna, V.
Year
2021
Publisher / Organisation
New Zealand Geographic
Number
172
Summary
Off the east coast of the North Island, one tectonic plate slipping could lead to the same kind of quake that caused devastating tsunami in Japan in 2011 and Southeast Asia in 2004. Thanks to a suite of seafloor instruments and new underwater observatories, scientists are discovering more about this plate boundary and how it behaves.