The amount of shaking felt in any given earthquake varies with the strength of the subsoil and underlying rock at the location. The soil and rock condition has been mapped as an indicator of the capacity for amplified shaking. Generally, floodplain soils have the potential to amplify shaking. As such, it is likely that in much of Southland the severity of...

The dataset shows areas of populated places along the Southland coastline that should be evacuated when there is a tsunami up to 1 metre (red zone) or between 1 and 3 metres (orange zone). RED ZONE: Shore-exclusion zone. The highest risk and first place to evacuate from in any sort of tsunami warning (natural, unofficial or official).ORANGE ZONE:...

Within the floodplain areas, the likelihood of flooding varies considerably depending on the existence and standard of any flood alleviation works and the height of the particular site.

The awareness of liquefaction has increased markedly since the Christchurch earthquakes. It is basically an earthquake related process of turning a solid soil into a liquid and weaker state. It is most likely to occur in saturated sands and silts. Related to liquefaction is a process called lateral spreading, whereby land moves towards lower areas whilst...

Within the floodplain areas, the likelihood of flooding varies considerably depending on the existence and standard of any flood alleviation works and the height of the particular site.

The dataset shows areas of populated places along the Southland coastline that should be evacuated when there is a tsunami up to 1 metre (red zone) or between 1 and 3 metres (orange zone). RED ZONE: Shore-exclusion zone. The highest risk and first place to evacuate from in any sort of tsunami warning (natural, unofficial or official).ORANGE ZONE:...

The amount of shaking felt in any given earthquake varies with the strength of the subsoil and underlying rock at the location. The soil and rock condition has been mapped as an indicator of the capacity for amplified shaking. Generally, floodplain soils have the potential to amplify shaking. As such, it is likely that in much of Southland the severity of...

The awareness of liquefaction has increased markedly since the Christchurch earthquakes. It is basically an earthquake related process of turning a solid soil into a liquid and weaker state. It is most likely to occur in saturated sands and silts. Related to liquefaction is a process called lateral spreading, whereby land moves towards lower areas whilst...