Awatere Fault
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title:
Awatere Fault
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The Awatere Fault is an active dextral strike-slip fault in the northeastern part of South Island, New Zealand. It forms part of the Marlborough Fault System, which accommodates the transfer of displacement along the oblique convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and Pacific Plate, from the transform Alpine Fault to the Hikurangi Trough subduction zone.
The 1848 Marlborough earthquake was caused by rupture of the whole of the eastern section of the Awatere Fault.
The 175 km (109 m
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awatere_Fault
date created:
2010-07-03T12:17:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:41:10Z
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