Earthquakes: Can a warning system save New Zealand from the Big ...
5 Oct 2024
New Zealand Herald
By Jamie Morton
Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·
5 Oct, 2024 04:00 PM6 mins to read
Willow Woolrich and her classmates at Napier's Ahuriri School take part in a nationwide 'Shake Out' earthquake drill in 2021. Scientists have been exploring earthquake early warning tech that could give Kiwis crucial seconds to prepare before shaking starts. Photo / Warren Buckland
Scientists are working on technology to provide a few seconds of warning before earthquakes.Massey University researchers have identified a trigger point, which could be used for a national early warning system.But as Jamie Morton explains, any attempt to create one would run into some big challenges.
“A bit of a rumble... then boom,” said one Lower Hutt resident.
“Lots of noise - and rock ‘n’ roll,” said another person 200km away in Whanganui.
On that night, on September 22, 2022, some 45,000 people spread from Invercargill to Kaitaia reported feeling a 5.8 earthquake that
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