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2.3 just feels like a big truck driving past.

 

My assistant hits 3.2 whenever she walks by my office.

 

An guy in my office has me diving under my desk when he walks by. Gotta be over 400lbs.

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Be glad it's moving. Very glad. It's the ones that haven't moved in awhile you have to worry about.

It's not moving. That's the thing... it's way overdue.

 

Although NZ has experienced many quakes in recent history, the Alpine Fault hasn't ruptured since the 1700's. They predict over a 30% chance of it rupturing during the next 50 years which would produce an earthquake over 8.0

I've heard scientists say that it has between 8 and 12 metres of overdue horizontal movement expected.

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It's not moving. That's the thing... it's way overdue.

 

Although NZ has experienced many quakes in recent history, the Alpine Fault hasn't ruptured since the 1700's. They predict over a 30% chance of it rupturing during the next 50 years which would produce an earthquake over 8.0

I've heard scientists say that it has between 8 and 12 metres of overdue horizontal movement expected.

That's confusing. There is movement and then there is rupturing. Slight movement releases built up energy and if that energy is not periodically released with small tremors then the amount of energy eventually released with a rupture is much greater.

 

Disclosure: I'm not a geologist but I've slept next to a fault for over 30 years.

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That's confusing. There is movement and then there is rupturing. Slight movement releases built up energy and if that energy is not periodically released with small tremors then the amount of energy eventually released with a rupture is much greater.

 

Disclosure: I'm not a geologist but I've slept next to a fault for over 30 years.

The article states that the fault historically ruptures (in a cataclysmic way). It is overdue for one of those.

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The article states that the fault historically ruptures (in a cataclysmic way). It is overdue for one of those.

 

Well the original article didn't mention that it only mentioned how much it's moved. The articles linked in that article however..........

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