EPISODE · Jun 19, 2026 · 9 MIN
Explainer: How worried should we be about an active faultline?
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For most Aucklanders, the natural disaster fear that's front of mind is a tsunami or volcano awakening...but actually it's earthquakes that should top those worries. That's because recently, a faultline close to Auckland was found to be more active than previously thought .. and could in fact, create a magnitude 6.8 earthquake if it ruptured. Here to discuss this and other earthquake related discoveries is Newsroom journalist and earthquake specialist Fox Meyer.
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For most Aucklanders, the natural disaster fear that's front of mind is a tsunami or volcano awakening...but actually it's earthquakes that should top those worries. That's because recently, a faultline close to Auckland was found to be more active than previously thought .. and could in fact, create a magnitude 6.8 earthquake if it ruptured. Here to discuss this and other earthquake related discoveries is Newsroom journalist and earthquake specialist Fox Meyer.
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