State-of-the-art computer modelling – used to predict the movements of refugees escaping war zones – is helping design a tsunami evacuation plan for the seaside suburb of Sumner. The red pips are the residents, who are moving to higher ground out of the evacuation zone. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Danielle Barnhill, left, and Laura Tilley, masters students in disaster, risk and resilience have co-organised the tsunami workshops in Sumner. The second possible tsunami trigger would originate from the Hikurangi subduction zone, which runs about 50-100km offshore from Gisborne to Marlborough. INGOMAR200/SUPPLIED An earthquake from the Hikurangi subduction zone could generate a devastating tsunami for the east coast of New Zealand.

Source: Stuff June 07, 2019 17:26 UTC