Kaikoura Earthquake Fault Ruptures 2016

Mapped fault ruptures associated with the 14 November 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. Extracted from the New Zealand Active Fault Database, maintained by GNS Science, with a 50m buffer applied. Attribute descriptions are provided in Langridge, et al, 2016, The New Zealand active faults database: NZAFD250.New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(1). 

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Field Value
Theme ["geospatial"]
Author Canterbury Regional Council
Maintainer canterburymaps
Maintainer Email canterburymaps
Source https://opendata.canterburymaps.govt.nz/datasets/ecan::kaikoura-earthquake-fault-ruptures-2016
Source Created 2018-09-10T02:49:56.000Z
Source Modified 2020-08-26T10:30:53.000Z
Language English
Spatial { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [172.8874, -42.6445], [174.3549, -42.6445], [174.3549, -41.7246], [172.8874, -41.7246], [172.8874, -42.6445] ] ] }
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Dataset metadata created 1 October 2023, last updated 3 March 2025