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Originally Posted by caspyan
I'm planning on GETTING OUT of NZ as I believe almost all the country will sink during a pole-shift. The country is very flat and cannot survive tidal waves - I discovered the highest South Island town is Arthurs pass (its tiny with a few dozen people who live there year round). The most worrying thing is the North Island is full of VOLCANOS (Auckland city has around 10). There's a massive earthquake fault running through Wellington & the South Island - see image below (sorry the faultline through Wellington is NOT shown here).
The North Island has huge volcanoes running down its middle (one erupted in the 1990s & another erupted in the 19th Century destroying the "Pink & White terraces" - the 8th wonder of the world). Here's a picture of the Kermadec Trench just to the right of the North Island & you can see "train tracks" to the North of the North Island - the huge volcanoes run in the middle of these train-tracks down the North Is - see picture:
You'll need to research some of my above points yourself as I can't explain everything in detail in one post. |
Hi,
Volcanoes are a conspicuous feature of the Auckland city landscape. In some cases their form is emphasised by their preservation as reserves and parks, while in others they have been quarried to meet the city’s demand for building materials. Within a radius of about 20km centred on Auckland city there are 49 discrete volcanoes; this is the area referred to as the Auckland volcanic field.
Although it is at least 600 years since the last eruption in the Auckland volcanic field, there is every reason to expect eruptions in the future.
These eruptions are likely to be on a small scale compared with some recent overseas eruptions, but because the city of Auckland is built on and around potential eruption sites their effects are likely to be serious.
I agree New Zealand could be a dangerouse place if there is serious movement along the pacific rim.
Peace