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What are the names of the two destructive plates that caused the new zealand earthquake?
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∙ 13y ago
There is an excellent article on the Christchurch earthquake at wikipedia.org.
As to the 'Plates responsible', the underlying assumption may be in doubt.
The Pacific Plate subducts under the Australian plate in the north, and the Australian Plate subducts under the Pacific Plate in the south.
The bit in between is subject to great thrust by the Pacific Plate, against the Australian Plate, and this raises the Southern Alps. These alps would have risen about 20 000m in the last 25 million years, but have been eroded away continuously, apart from the last 4000 m.
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