The place which will be split apart by titanic forces when the Alpine Fault can't take the pressure anymore. PAUL GORMAN/STUFF Whataroa's Alpine Fault Tours takes people to the well-known exposure of the fault at the nearby Gaunt Creek. Supplied There is now a 27 per cent chance of an Alpine Fault earthquake occurring in the next 50 years. The surface rupture in Kaikōura was around 180km of fault – in this Alpine Fault event, we're talking about at least twice that length." SUPPLIED The Deep Fault Drilling Project site at Gaunt Creek near Whataroa, directly on the Alpine Fault.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2019 17:00 UTC