Following 3 major quakes off New Zealand, questions remain about how they might be linked
- Written by Timothy Stern, Professor of Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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The Tonga Kermadec subduction zone stretches between New Zealand and south of Samoa.USGS, CC BY-SAA sequence of three major offshore earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.1 quake near the Kermadec Islands, triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations along the east coast of New...





