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    Wairarapa Fault is an active seismic fault in the southern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It is a dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault...
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    subduction. The faults include the Wairarapa Fault and Wellington Fault to the southwest, the Ruahine and Mohaka Faults in the central section and the Waimana...
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  • the Wairarapa Fault which is part of the NIFS. The earthquake was associated with the rupturing of approximately 150 km (93 mi) of the Wairarapa Fault. A...
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  • This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important[clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification...
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  • Ohariu Fault, Wellington Fault, Wairarapa Fault, Reikorangi Fault, Otaki Forks Fault, and Wairangi Fault in the North Island. The Wairarapa Fault has an...
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    1848 and from another earthquake in 1855. The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake occurred on the Wairarapa Fault to the north and east of Wellington. It was probably...
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  • large 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake, and the 1934 Pahiatua earthquake in the Northern Wairarapa. The 1855 earthquake occurred on the Wairarapa Fault which is...
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    Zealand Geology of the Wellington Region North Island Fault System Wairarapa Fault van Dissen, R.J.; Berryman K.R.; Pettinga J.R.; Hill N.L. (1992). "Paleoseismicity...
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    List of earthquakes in New Zealand (category Seismic faults of New Zealand)
    "World's largest coseismic strike-slip offset: The 1855 rupture of the Wairarapa Fault, New Zealand, and implications for displacement/length scaling of continental...
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    with the Hope Fault and Jordan Thrust at its south-easternmost edge and likely joins with the Clarence Fault to form the Wairarapa Fault offshore in Cook...
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