Relationship between two recent New Zealand earthquakes
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
The relationship between two earthquakes that took place near Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2010 and February 2011 is examined in a paper published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that the first earthquake contributed to the occurrence of the second by loading the fault along which the second event occurred with stress, bringing it closer to failure.
