Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Seismic Wave Propagation Model

Citation: Kaneko Y, Tape C, Casarotti E. 2016. 2016 M7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake Computer Simulation. GNS Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.21420/G27P4P   Video 1. 

Preliminary Motion Characteristics

A Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) map of the region can be found here: http://shakemap.geonet.org.nz/mapping/2016p858000.html 5% damped elastic acceleration response spectra of recorded ground motions can be found here: Spectral comparisons