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March 23, 2022

Want to see the Alpine fault upclose and never like seen before?

Julian Thomson went to the place to see the Alpine Fault in New Zealand: Gaunt Creek https://youtu.be/rJS2ZQFqRug Julian has even spotted slickensides! These striations are created during an earthquake in […]
March 9, 2022

“Saving precious seconds”

“Saving Precious Seconds”—A Novel Approach to Implementing a Low-Cost Earthquake Early Warning System with Node-Level Detection and Alert Generation Great collaboration output with CRISiSLab team ! Our open-access on Earthquake […]
February 22, 2022

Ground shaking propagating through selected 288 GeoNet stations from M5.6 NZ quake

Ground shaking propagating through selected 288 GeoNet stations from M5.6 NZ quake (https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2022p138188). Took about 20 sec to reach Wellington and 2 mn to leave NZ main 2 islands (max […]
February 22, 2022

What do SALSA and the Alpine Fault have in common, you ask? Not too much, unless you fancy adding some salsa to your emergency supplies! (AF8 repost)

💃 👉 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gU8kSKHW In this case the SALSA Project stands for “Southern Alps Long Skinny Array” and refers to a series of seismometers installed late last […]
December 1, 2021

What will the next Alpine fault earthquake be like?

Listen to prof John Townend talking about Alpine fault research and SALSA project #SALSAeqnz in this video by Julian Thomson – Also on facebook.com/SALSAeqnz
November 29, 2021

FAST! network at French Embassy in new Zealand

On Tuesday 23/11 Ambassador Sylvaine Carta-Le Vert hosted the France Aotearoa Science, Technology and Innovation meeting in Wellington! MERCI to all for your commitment to develop the FAST! network! https://www.francenzst.org/ […]
November 8, 2021

What will the next Alpine Fault earthquake be like ? SALSA: the Southern Alps Long Skinny Array

In the past 2 weeks I have been involved in helping deploy nearly 50 seismic instruments along the Alpine fault of the South Island with colleagues from VUW, GNS, UoA […]
October 26, 2021

Right time and space for NZ/Aotearoa to explore EEW feasibility

Right time and space for NZ/Aotearoa to explore EEW feasibility ! We’ve got Earthquakes, Science and Appetite for this new technology. I spoke with Dr Raj Prasanna of Massey University […]
August 31, 2021

First CRISiSLab Challenge, a competition for high school students in the fields of technology & crisis management!

The students had to use Raspberryshake sensor data to create dashboards and alerting devices for strong ground shaking! Congratulations Dr Marion Tan and team from JCDR for running such a […]
June 3, 2021

Fun with science & key preparedness lessons, come to “Life at the Boundary” roadshow with Kate Boersen (@nzeastcoastLAB) !

The Life at the Boundary Roadshow brings the latest Hikurangi subduction zone science and hazard impact information to North Island communities, in areas likely to be affected by an Hikurangi […]