Kaikoura Earthquake Short Term Research Programme
The M7.8 Kaikoura earthquake of 14 November 2016 was an unprecedented event. Rupturing at least 21 faults from Waiau to offshore Wellington, it triggered damaging tsunami at Little Pigeon's Bay, Banks Peninsula, massive landslips, coastal uplift and damage to buildings, notably in the Wellington CBD.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) provided $3.2 million (GST ex) to the Natural Hazards Research Platform cover immediate and short term research needs arising from the Kaikoura Earthquake.
$2 million of the immediate research funding covered critical offshore surveys, LiDAR and aerial reconnaissance to develop an understanding of the extensive ground deformation, landslips and hazards posed by the event.
- NIWA’s offshore mapping adds more faults to the latest Kaikoura fault rupture map
- Landslides and Landslide dams caused by the Kaikoura Earthquake
$1.2 million was allocated to short-term research projects identified as critical for recovery and future planning by stakeholders and government decision-makers.
We are grateful to MBIE and the NZ Government for their support.
- Inventories of onshore surface fault ruptures and coastal uplift
- Landslide inventory and landslide dam assessments
- Geotechnical Characterization of CentrePort Reclamations
- Assessment and repair of existing concrete buildings in Wellington with precast floors
- Updated NZS 1170.5 subsoil site class and site period maps for the Wellington CBD
- Understanding land damage at Mt Lyford to inform Hurunui District Council recovery
- Including Kaikoura-triggered Slow Slip Earthquakes into Earthquake Forecasts and Seismic Hazard Estimates
- Postseismic deformation following the Kaikoura Earthquake
- Improving economic model estimates of central government productivity losses
Inventories of onshore surface fault ruptures and coastal uplift
Team: GNS Science, Univ Canterbury, Univ Auckland, Victoria Univ Wellington, Univ Otago
Project Leader: Nicola Litchfield, GNS Science
See also
- Litchfield NJ et al (2018) Surface Rupture of Multiple Crustal Faults in the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108 (3B): 1496-1520. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170300. Available online.
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Landslide inventory and landslide dam assessments
Team: GNS Science, University of Canterbury, Massey University
Project Leader: Chris Massey, GNS Science
See also:
- Dellow S. et al (2017) Landslides caused by the Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake and the immediate response. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 50 (2), pp. 106-116. Available online
- Massey C et al (2018) Landslides Triggered by the 14 November 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170305. Available online.
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Geotechnical Characterization of CentrePort Reclamations
Team: University of Canterbury, University of Auckland, Tonkin & Taylor, USA research team
Project Leader: Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury
See also:
- Cubrinovski M. et al (2017) Liquefaction effects and associated damages observed at the Wellington centreport from the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 50 (2), pp. 152-173. Available online
- Cubrinovski M et al (2018) Liquefaction‐Induced Damage and CPT Characterization of the Reclamations at CentrePort, Wellington. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170246. Available online
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Assessment and repair of existing concrete buildings in Wellington with precast floors
Team: Univ Auckland, Univ Canterbury, Compusoft Engineering
Project Leader: Ken Elwood, University of Auckland
See also:
Henry RS et al (2017) Damage to concrete buildings with precast floors during the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 50 (2), pp. 174-186. Available online
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Updated NZS 1170.5 subsoil site class and site period maps for the Wellington CBD
Team: GNS Science, University of Auckland
Project Leader: Anna Kaiser, GNS Science
See also:
- Bradley BA et al (2017) Ground motion and site effect observations in the Wellington region from the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 50 (2), pp. 94-105. Available online
- Bradley BA, Wotherspoon LM, Kaiser AE, Cox BR, Jeong S (2018) Influence of Site Effects on Observed Ground Motions in the Wellington Region from the Mw 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170286. Available online
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Understanding land damage at Mt Lyford to inform Hurunui District Council recovery
Team: GNS Science in partnership with ECAN, Hurunui DC, EQC
Project Leader: Robert Langridge, GNS Science
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Including Kaikoura-triggered Slow Slip Earthquakes into Earthquake Forecasts and Seismic Hazard Estimates
Team: GNS Science
Project Leader: Matt Gerstenberger, GNS Science
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Postseismic deformation following the Kaikoura Earthquake
Team: GNS Science
Project Leader: Sigrun Hreinsdottir
See also:
- Wallace LM , Hreinsdottir S , Ellis S, Hamling I , D'Anastasio E, Denys P (2018) Triggered slow slip and afterslip on the southern Hikurangi subduction zone following the Kaikōura earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077385. Available online
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Improving economic model estimates of central government productivity losses
Team: Resilient Organisations, Market Economics Ltd, GNS Science
Project Leader: Erica Seville, Resilient Organisations
See also:
- Sampson K, Stevenson J, Seville E, Smith N, MacDonald G, Ayers M, Brown C. (2017) The Impact of the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake on Government Productivity in Wellington (NZ), October 2017, 24 pgs. Available online
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