Should Chirstchurch city planners rebuild homes and schools on known shifty tectonic plates?  emergentfutures: The tectonic forces that are shredding New Zealand This week the New Zealand city of Christchurch felt the force of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The quake came just five months after an even larger one struck 40 kilometres west of Christchurch, near the town of Darfield. In fact New Zealand experiences around 14,000 tremors each year, although most are too small to be felt. They are a sign of the tectonic processes that are gradually shredding the country. via @nzchook Full Story: New Scientist HIGH RES

Should Chirstchurch city planners rebuild homes and schools on known shifty tectonic plates? 

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The tectonic forces that are shredding New Zealand

This week the New Zealand city of Christchurch felt the force of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The quake came just five months after an even larger one struck 40 kilometres west of Christchurch, near the town of Darfield. In fact New Zealand experiences around 14,000 tremors each year, although most are too small to be felt. They are a sign of the tectonic processes that are gradually shredding the country.

via @nzchook

Full Story: New Scientist

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