article: Jul 9 2008 - June highlights

Last month's progress within the GeoNet project.

Drilling the down-hole array at the Fonterra factory, Edgecumbe.

• Improvements to the popular Quake Search application were released. It features a more straightforward interface and a wider variety of output formats, as well as being more robust "under the bonnet".
• The regional seismic site at Highcliff Hill (HHSZ) near Dunedin was upgraded to full National Network specifications, and has been renamed Otago Peninsula (OPZ). The short-period seismometer has been replaced with a broadband seismometer, capable of measuring seismic waves at a wider range of frequencies, and an accelerometer has been added to measure the amplitude of strong shaking should a large earthquake occur.
• A combined seismic and CGPS site was made operational at Black Hill Station (BHHZ) east of Taihape.
• A down-hole strong-motion array (site code EDAS) was installed and made operational at the Fonterra factory near Edgecumbe in the Bay of Plenty. It features three seismometers at varying depths and a pressure sensor to determine the water-table depth.