Going up or going down? The Hutt Valley in a big earthquake. A seminar by Russ Van Dissen

Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 15 June
18:00

Location
War Memorial Library, Corner Queens Drive and Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt


Fault rupture, strong ground shaking, liquefaction, sinking, uplift, and landslides are all major issues the Hutt Valley faces in large earthquakes. Recent research has identified and further characterized vulnerable zones around the Hutt Valley. Russ Van Dissen is an earthquake specialist who has extensively studied the Wellington Fault and earthquake hazards in the Wellington regions for the past several decades, he is also leader to the It’s Our Fault project.

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