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Quake-sticker system confusing, says expert
A top engineer behind Christchurch's post-earthquake building assessments has explained the much-criticised inspection system..
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Alpine Fault's rupture stronger than thought
The rupture stretched from Haupiri River on the West Coast of the South Island down at least as far as Milford Sound and the two researchers estimate it reached a magnitude of 8.1, higher than the previously thought mean magnitude of 7.9.