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June 7, 2023

SALSA Autumn 2023 updates

The SALSA team serviced 56 seismic stations last May in a record 10 days despite less good West Coast weather than we got used to. Did you know the SALSA […]
March 8, 2023

Shaky 11th ACES (APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Science) International Workshop !

The 11th ACES International Workshop was held in Blenheim, New Zealand. International attendees were greeted with a magnitude 4.6 quake during the icebreaker. ACES is a multi-lateral grand challenge science […]
February 24, 2023

Earthquakes and seismic hazard in southern New Caledonia

Grateful to have accompanied Shao and Rupert to New Caledonia. They have authored a recent paper on earthquakes in Southern New Caledonia. Using a network of temporary seismic stations, they […]
October 31, 2022

A quake and a warning at the “2022 Taiwan-Japan-NZ Seismic Hazard workshop”

What better welcome to the “2022 Taiwan-Japan-NZ Seismic Hazard workshop” and meeting with the Taiwan Earthquake Early Warning group than a Magnitude 5 earthquake followed by a warning alert on […]
October 31, 2022

Spring SALSA (field work)

Working in beautiful Te Tai Poutini/West coast 🏔 with VUW colleagues in October week servicing our SALSA seismometer network along the Alpine fault. 50+ sites done in 10 days! Updates/photos Facebook.com/SALSAeqnz
October 2, 2022

Tauranga STEM Fest 2022 !

Kids got to make their own earthquake seismograms today as part of the Tauranga STEM festival ! The festival was HUGE ! https://www.taurangastemfestival.co.nz/
September 19, 2022

2022 CrisisLab Challenge !

Thrilled to have been invited again as a judge for the inspiring CRISiSLab Challenge competition for High School students about designing an Earthquake Early Warning System! “This competition is organised […]
August 10, 2022

“The clear and present danger of a devastating tsunami in Wellington” (by Charlie Mitchell)

Great news-piece on tsunami hazard and research for the Wellington region (stuff.co.nz)
July 12, 2022

Lound bang July 7th from a space object entering the atmosphere over Wellington

Lound bang July 7th from a space object entering the atmosphere over Wellington was recorded on many Geonet seismometers including my wee RaspberryShake! Rumble last for over a minute but […]
June 20, 2022

The warning you might get before the next big quake – The Detail Podcast on RNZ