Dramatic earthquake pictures: The great wall of Waiau
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Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.
Dr Kate Pedley, of University of Canterbury's Department of Geological Sciences, shared on Facebook some of the dramatic sights she and her colleagues have encountered as they've surveyed evidence of faulting in the countryside around Waiau.
Pedley said the survey area covered a "complicated 3km wide zone" of numerous ruptures and associated structures.
"Thankfully, those south and west of Waiau generally got off lightly, but it very quickly got messy for infrastructure to the northeast," she wrote.
"The amount of associated rockfall, landslides and slumps were incredible."
Photos/Dr Kate Pedley(University of Canterbury)
