Port Hills Fault
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The Port Hills Fault is an active geological fault beneath the Port Hills near Christchurch, New Zealand, believed to have generated the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active fault
ⓘ
geological fault ⓘ seismogenic structure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 2011 Christchurch earthquake ⓘ |
| believedToHaveGenerated | 2011 Christchurch earthquake ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| coveredBy | Quaternary sediments ⓘ |
| dipDirection | northward ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | seismological investigations after 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes ⓘ |
| displacementStyle | compressional ⓘ |
| faultType |
oblique-slip fault
ⓘ
reverse fault ⓘ |
| identifiedUsing |
aftershock distribution
ⓘ
geodetic data ⓘ strong-motion records ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Port Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Canterbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Christchurch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumMagnitudeEstimate | approximately 7.0 Mw ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Christchurch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPort | Port of Lyttelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | approximately east–west striking ⓘ |
| overlies | Canterbury Plains basement rocks ⓘ |
| partOf | Canterbury active fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canterbury earthquake sequence
ⓘ
Greendale Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskCategory | significant local seismic source ⓘ |
| seismicHazardTo |
Christchurch urban area
ⓘ
Lyttelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
GNS Science
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–Australian plate boundary zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+13 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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