Finding out how much the Earth moved during massive earthquakeTREVOR BURKHART The seabed rise at Ward beach. GNS Science map showing how the ground has moved as a result of the Kaikoura earthquake, measured at continuous GPS stations. Data showing horizontal movements of the Earth during the magnitude-7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. Information from a continuous GPS station network run by GeoNet and Linz with some data also from Global Survey and Eliot Sinclair. There were raised beaches all along the Kaikoura Coast from earthquakes over thousands of years, but they were not well preserved.

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