Queenstown may be isolated after a major rupture of the Alpine Fault by landslips like this one, which blocked State Highway 1, north of Kaikoura, in 2016. Photo: Mark Mitchell : Is Queenstown quake-ready?
Queenstown may be isolated after a major rupture of the Alpine Fault by landslips like this one, which blocked State Highway 1, north of Kaikoura, in 2016. Photo: Mark Mitchell : Is Queenstown quake-ready?
A map shows where the Alpine Fault is located. Map: GNS Science : Is Queenstown quake-ready?
A map shows where the Alpine Fault is located. Map: GNS Science : Is Queenstown quake-ready?
Is Queenstown quake-ready?
Imagine this: peak tourist season, more than 100,000 people in Queenstown and then the ground starts to shake. Paul Taylor reports on Project AF8...