New Zealand Earthquake 2025. New zealand's alpine fault is known for its regular timing of large earthquakes, which makes it a more straightforward choice for studying fault behavior. 26, 1700, an earthquake on the cascadia fault caused the forest to lurch downward by more than 3 feet.

Recent scientific analysis shows there’s a 75 per cent likelihood of a magnitude eight earthquake in the next 50 years along the alpine fault, where the australian and pacific. Where an earthquake starts and where it goes can have a big influence on the intensity of shaking.