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• 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 […]

• May 2, 2021

  “Earthquake forecast just in: the Alpine Fault is due a major quake – and soon” by Ursula Cochran and Jamie Howarth

• May 2, 2021

  New Google effort uses cellphones to detect earthquakes (April 28 2021)

  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/new-google-effort-uses-cellphones-detect-earthquakes