GeoNet.org.nz is a topographical database of elevation in New Zealand.
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GeoNet
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GeoNet is a project to build and operate a modern geological hazard monitoring system in New Zealand. When complete, GeoNet will comprise a network of geophysical instruments, automated software applications and skilled staff to detect, analyse and respond to earthquakes, volcanic activity, large landslides, tsunami, and the slow deformation that precedes large earthquakes.
New Zealanders live on the edge. Depending on their location, it might be the edge of the Australian Plate, or it might be the edge of the Pacific Plate. The active Pacific-Australian Plate boundary passes through New Zealand producing earthquakes, volcanoes, steep terrain and active deformation. In places the active boundary between the interacting plates is quite narrow, for example the Alpine Fault and Southern Alps in the central South Island. In other regions, such as most of the central and eastern North Island, it is a broad zone of deformation.
Not since the 1930's and early 1940's - a period in which large shallow earthquakes struck repeatedly - has New Zealand suffered major social disruption or serious economic setback due to geological hazards. However, historical evidence and scientific research convincingly show that risk to the population and economy from geological hazards is significantly greater than the experience of the last 60 years would indicate.
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