Raised seabed off Kaikoura coast baffles marine expertsTrevor Burkhart Co-seismic movement, the seismic release of energy along a fault, is behind the lifted seabed. Experts have been left baffled after Monday's earthquake raised parts of seabed off the Kaikoura coast by more than a metre. Mountjoy said Monday's earthquake was a "very complex fault rupture" which affected multiple regions and resulted in "significant landscape change". Other Mike Vincent is calling for help as he tries to save thousands of paua after the seabed was shifted in Monday's earthquake. TREVOR BURKHART Burkhart Fisheries co-owner Trevor Burkhart removes paua from the elevated rocks at Ward Beach, in southern Marlborough.

Source: Stuff November 16, 2016 01:30 UTC