2002

Archived items from 2002.

article: Jan 9 2002 - Big Quakes of 2001 Too Deep or Too Distant To Cause Damage

New Zealand was hit by at least six potentially damaging earthquakes in 2001, but they were either too distant from population centres or too deep to cause harm, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) said today.

article: Jun 19 2002 - New Monitoring Network Will Be World Class

Measuring the forces building up under New Zealand is the focus of the GeoNet project - a 10 year, $80 million programme to upgrade and sustain the equipment that monitors earthquakes and volcanoes in New Zealand.

article: Dec 19 2002 - Scientists Record Unprecedented Movement of Land Near Gisborne

Scientists have recorded land near Gisborne moving about 20 mm to the east during an eight day period in October.