image: ALOS2 Satellite Radar Interferogram of the deformation caused by earthquake; each contour (fringe) represents ~11.5 cm of motion either towards or away from the satellite. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 24, 2017 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by I.J. Hamling at GNS Science in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and colleagues was titled, "Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaik?ura earthquake, New Zealand." view more
Credit: Ian Hamling