The Greatest Ever On-Land Fault Movement

[@itzbull0k158]

Can't lie this video is what gave me my interest in earthquakes and fault line ruptures

[@OutThereLearning]

That's great!!

[@robertmetzger6467]

San Andreas did it for Me !! A heck of Alot more Dramatic Topography.

[@knightsaberami01]

So naturally, I had to hunt this down: -41.140055,175.280140 But further southwest is this another "beheaded streambed"? -41.140892,175.278693 This was a great great vid 👍

[@1001Wildthings]

@@robertmetzger6467 You haven't been to NZ! The whole country is full of quake evidence. Come visit!

[@RWBHere]

@@OutThereLearning Looking at the shots you showed, it would be interesting to see a letter further along, because there is what might be evidence of a third gully, roughly 16 metres further away from the present one.

[@margaretvanson3601]

My mother was walking across a large paddock on our farm in southern wairarapa when she heard a noise like a large steam engine freight train. She turned to look behind her and saw the paddock rippling towards her in waves. She was knocked over by the land movement but not hurt. She was however very frightened because was originally from Auckland where earthquakes are rare and usually very small. Dad was a wairarapa boy and took them in his stride.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for sharing your story!

[@stuboyd1194]

Eye witnesses to this historic earthquake said the land moved like a large wave on the sea.

[@OutThereLearning]

Wow!

[@aircraftandmore9775]

Dang, that is insane

[@RayTheFPSGamer]

I can confirm I was there back in 1885

[@TrilobitesRTasty]

Some people always say that during earthquakes. It’s not true. But it sounds cool when people say it.

[@JackFrost008]

​@@TrilobitesRTasty you have no proof. Anyone that has seen or been in a big earthquake says the same thing so don't be a fool.

[@tutekohe1361]

That 1855 Earthquake was huge. It knocked all buildings down in the Wairarapa. That is why there are no buildings dating from pre-1855. It also knocked down all the large trees from near the epicentre (west of Carterton). The resulting Tsunami destroyed the harbour at Te Kopi in Palliser Bay.

[@OutThereLearning]

Indeed...

[@VanillaMacaron551]

You have a very geologically active country.

[@KimonSheri]

👍👍

[@NoobieToob]

@@VanillaMacaron551 expected since this country is literally floating on the ocean

[@karensayer3089]

The land on my grandparents farm dropped incredibly. This is not far from Pigeon bush

[@marksinger3067]

The 1964 Alaska earthquake was 9.2... There were a dozen 6.0 aftershocks on the day after..Some of the land moved up 80 feet .. This quake in Anchorage lasted 5 minutes..One couple picked up their sofa and carried it outside the house to sit on..Hundreds of aftershocks for a year..

[@pirobot668beta]

I was getting ready for School that morning in Bremerton, Wa. I don't recall the shaking...younger brother was screaming through it all. When we went out, we saw tumbled chimneys, broken windows and geysers of mud (broken water mains) along main street. 1400 miles between Anchorage and Bremerton...not a single house in my neighborhood escaped damage. Bremerton 'hilltop' is loose sandy soil...glacial deposits. The loose sand amplifies vibration!

[@chrisretired5379]

I was just coming out of Piggly Wiggly store on 27th & Spenard rd. in Anchorage, 1964. Theirs no way I could remain standing. Once home,( on 27th) mom and family were all standing outside, barefoot mom. All of the dishes, cups, bowls,etc were all on the floor.

[@OutThereLearning]

@@pirobot668beta what an experience!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for sharing!

[@SteveBluescemi]

@@pirobot668beta When it comes to the tumbled chimneys and broken windows, you are likely remembering the Puget Sound earthquake of 1965. Though Bremerton was likely affected by flooding from the tsunami from Alaska in 1964, the direct effects of the quake would not have caused any damage. Indeed no shaking was felt past ~600 miles from the epicenter.

[@ronstokes5787]

I live up on the east coast of Aotearoa in the early seventies, I was standing on big open space and all the power posts were waving around and I could hear the waters underground slushy around beneath my feet. You suddenly know the power of nature.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Deliveredfromevil]

Wow. That’s crazy!! I’m reading all the comments and I’m just shocked at the magnitude! Thank you for sharing.

[@spikandspan-u8h]

No such place called aotearoa

[@Albe3331]

Thank you for the video. At 70 yo I still enjoy learning about the world we live on.

[@OutThereLearning]

Great!

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Me too I just turned 70 and knowledge is never boring

[@jeanettesummers9408]

my level 3 students have just finished their reports on the Wairarapa fault and were hoping you'd release a tour of the Wairarapa, like the Wellington one you did a while back. This will be very helpful for the students who struggle with reading. 🙂

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for the message. I hope it didn't turn up too late!

[@ML-sj3gi]

Students who struggle with reading... I guess rather than expecting them to do research you could find 4-5 of the most relevant and simple things for them to read and maybe further summarize and simplify it for them so they only have to deal with the most relevant material in concise and level-appropriate language. I guess you would also need to throw in some random references, like something someone tweeted, and something without references from Wikipedia, something old, and something new, so students could evaluate and discuss how reliable each resource is, since they say the main challenge of research these days is not finding information but filtering out the unreliable information.

[@lawyal]

wow, good to see something from nz.

[@jeanettesummers9408]

@@ML-sj3gi Yes this is something I also endeavour to do. I often have a large proportion of neurodiverse students in my course, many of whom like to use videos as a source :)

[@OutThereLearning]

@@lawyal cheers!

[@AutomaticBadger]

Great video! I've seen similar stream offsets along the San Andreas fault on Carrizo Plain, but nothing approaching this scale. Truly amazing.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep!

[@loganstrong9874]

@@OutThereLearning New Zealand sits on the thinnest continent crust ,formerly Zealandia .So when the earth moves it's moves in big movements .

[@cherylreid2964]

@@loganstrong9874 there are also constant smaller earthquakes in various places the length of AotearoaNZL 🌏

[@aeromodeller1]

Where there is an offset of 450 feet. activetectonics.asu.edu/ActiveFaultingSeminar/Papers/Wallace_1968_Stream_Channels_Offset.pdf

[@milt6208]

I was there three years ago. When I was there the annual tarantula mating march was going on. Thousands of them everywhere it was a so cool.

[@castlering]

I live in the UK, and have several kiwi friends. It is a dream to visit NZ. I find the geology absolutely fascinating and mildly terrifying too, especially as our earthquakes are like hiccups compared to what you have there. It's a stark reminder that we are very much subject to nature. We must never, ever forget that. Thank you so much for sharing these videos. All the very, very best for you all.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you!

[@trevorslater2746]

Early references to New Zealand called them the shakey isles, Mmm encouraging if you were heading off to there

[@markford4127]

How anyone fails to find these video clips fascinating, informative and incredible is beyond me. Just discovered them and subscribed immediately. Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your interest!

[@patroberts5449]

The offsets and ruptures in the middle of the city of Anchorage from 1964 are terrifying just to see pictures and visited there 13 years later to see the offset I. Height in the middle of the city was crazy!

[@rift8966]

It'd be interesting to move further "back" to see if you can find clues of previous earthquake shunting.

[@Deliveredfromevil]

Yes!

[@jillwilliams7342]

Check out the New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes of 1811-1812. Over 2000 earthquakes in 5 months.

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

😍 Omgosh, you said you may get to East Coast North Island! I live north of Pigeon Bush. Looks like the gully I live next to! 😯 Can see where the stream bows used to be, they're above everything else. How exciting, I'm going to measure it like you did! 😯

[@OutThereLearning]

Nice!

[@stormyknits3714]

Oh my God I live so close to you!!!! But I do live a bit fether into the city!!!!!

[@mbvoelker8448]

Fascinating. I wish there was something like this channel or Nick Zentner's channel for North Carolina. These deep dives into a region are so interesting even when I'm unlikely to ever see it in person.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your kind feedback

[@uncleiroh5672]

Imma go there next weekend it's just over the hill😳

[@nothanks3236]

Hell I'm still waiting for a "Roadside Geology of North Carolina" to be published. I've got the editions for Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia, but there are no editions for NC or SC either.

[@johnsquires387]

Zenter studies Washington state, I believe…our geology here in NC is older and not quite as exciting lol. His videos are great, what a teacher!

[@mbvoelker8448]

@@johnsquires387 I don't think that the Carolinas are any less exciting -- we're in the suture zone for a great supercontinent, after all. But we don't have anyone on KZbin showing us the marvels. (Admittedly, a certain amount of said marvels are buried under the massive sediment pile that is the Sandhills, but how many people even know that we once had a massive gold rush here in central NC.

[@robinhodgkinson]

Imagine standing close to that fault when it “went off”. That would have been be a rough ride.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep!

[@richardjohnson4728]

I wonder if with a quake that big, the land liquified, in which case being there during the quake would have been an even worse idea.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

If the tortoise was on one side and the hare on the other, the tortoise could actually win the race.

[@robinhodgkinson]

@@danbrownellfuzzy3010 Are you suggesting this is a slow process? Actually it happens in one big lurch. It’s is a physical manifestation of the earthquake - it is the earthquake! Check out the slips in the recent Kiakoura earthquakes here in New Zealand. There were major rips across the landscape from just such movements. Pretty impressive stuff.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

@@robinhodgkinson the tortoise takes one step, his ground moves eighteen meters. He wins

[@williambtm1]

A very graphic example of the recent powerful earthquakes specific to New Zealand. For some unknown reason, (to me) New Zealand is a country with the most extraordinary geologic history. I have watched many of your colleagues featured geological video events, both historical and recent. Best of all, you & your colleagues present your hugely interesting &enjoyable videos that are sharp and direct to the geological differences in the geological science specific to your country of New Zealand. I thank you and your colleagues for your dedicated work.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@ericwolff6059]

When in form 2 at Wellington South Intermediate in 1972, we did a class visit there to learn these very facts. As a school pupil it was more than just interesting.

[@OutThereLearning]

Sounds like a memorable experience. Hats off to your teacher

[@wendygerrish4964]

Excellent. Your teacher was keeping up with geology. My std 2 + 3 teachers in the 60s also shared interesting snippets of NZ geology. Then there was the earthquake in Anchorage and insuing tsumami.

[@ericwolff6059]

We also learnt Te Reo, not comprehensively, but enough at the time. Also carving. And a lot more. In Newtown primary school I was in the Pacific Culture Club, (children of all races joined in) we ended up on stage in front of all the other Wellington primary schools (can't remember if it was a competition or not.). I was extraordinarily shy as a child so that was an extreme achievement, and stage fright didn't help. :-)

[@WimsicleStranger]

This was fascinating, I can't imagine seeing a vast chunk of earth in front of your shift over 18 meters. Geology has always been a sort of "side-fascination" of mine and it's great to find a channel as interesting as yours!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks - great that you are interested too!

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

3:00 "What I'm going to do now is …" was sure for a moment that he was going to say "jump up and down and see if we can get it to move again"

[@OutThereLearning]

@@PaulMurrayCanberra 😂😂

[@KiwikimNZ]

Glad you are showing the world our very interesting and scaring fault lines! I lived through the christchurch earthquakes and worked on the trauma unit as a nurse the afternoon And night following the disaster. It was horrific, I suffered PTSD after seeing what injuries mentally and physically they endured it was incredibly sad. I am hoping I never have to live through something like that again. However nz manages to give us a good shake every now and again that’s for sure thank god it’s been a while down here

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you so much for sharing your story!

[@chuckylugs9607]

I was there visiting in 2011 from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 While at the airport in Christchurch, the earthquake struck. Everyone was ushered outside to the car park (where it was ‘safe’). It was one horrific lifetime experience that I’ll never forget 😪

[@KiwikimNZ]

@@chuckylugs9607 oh where you! I’m sorry you had to go through that! That sure is an experience to take home with you ❤️ It’s was horrible wasn’t it. The after shocks went on for a very long time and they were very triggering. We had another big one in June of that year also, then the Kaikōura earthquake which we all felt here in Christchurch. Then dealing with the ongoing nightmares with repairs to our homes, people lived without power for quite a while and no running water or sewer for months. It was quite a journey that’s for sure. It’s something that still comes to mind a lot, especially the people I looked after that had been trapped in those buildings for hours and I often wonder how their recoveries went. The power of Mother Nature is well beyond us and once it makes up its mind to stuff up some trouble all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best x take care and I’m sorry that you were there to experience that hope you were ok

[@chuckylugs9607]

@@KiwikimNZ I also remember talking to an Aussie fellow in the car park. All of a sudden there were tannoy announcements asking for folk in the crowd, who were medical professionals. He was a nurse and he volunteered to help where all the devastation was in Christchurch town centre. There were shuttle buses ferrying them there. I was delayed going home at the airport for the next two days after the main quake because of all the aftershocks. It was soul destroying seeing all the damage and the devastation unfolding on tv. It was worse hearing different people’s experiences about the quake. An American fellow was telling me that they had been kayaking when they noticed a big whirlpool ahead of them. He lost two of his friends and remembered the trees swaying like grass being blown in the wind and seeing all the birds flying out of the trees. Boulders on tv that had rolled down the sides of the mountains, the devastation in Christchurch town centre. People crying at the airport because they had lost loved ones 😪😭 I was traumatised for months afterwards. Eventually, I managed to get a flight out, on a boing 747 in the first class section to Auckland ❗️Was sooo relieved when the plane took off from Christchurch. Don’t get me wrong, it was a holiday of a lifetime, I was made welcome everywhere I went. I actually went all that way ‘on my own’ to visit a good friend I met at work who had dual citizenship, he was based in Clyde, 100k from Queenstown. I visited many places on the South Island via tickets from information centres; Stuart Island, Milford Sound to name a few from a car I hired. Such a beautiful, friendly place ❤️ ..just a real shame about the earthquakes 😩

[@TrevorDennis100]

Not long after the big Kaikoura and Seddon quake in 2016, Some GIS scientists spoke to a meeting at the Blenheim Conference Centre, and they were as excited as all heck at the severity of that earthquake. It was kind of funny. We, the people of Marlborough, were stunned by this violent force of nature, and the GIS guys were like kids at Christmas. There's one video where a GIS man is talking from the foreshore while standing in front of a two metre uplift, and he speaks about how the fault traveled from the Inland Kakoura mountains to the Seddon seabed at a speed measuring kilometres a second. That stat will always amaze me. I live at Rapaura 10K north of Blenheim, but the 2016 quake was like nothing I have ever experienced. It was near impossible to stand up during the second minute, so my wife and I huddled together on the sofa hoping the roof didn't fall on us. We had a lady from Doc talk to us at Marlborough Camera Club. She told us how the earthquake had loosened rock on the Inland Kaikouras, which then washed off the slopes in a big storm we had soon after. The result was that the stream level running through Sawcut Gorge was lifted by at least six feet, and that the wild goats were then able to reach and eat the endangered Marlborough daisies. You don't tend to think about things like that, but I guess folk were more worried about SH1 being closed for 18 months, and people on the wrongs side of the Clarence being cut off for months. I'll be be happy to see out the rest of my life without another quake like that.

[@OutThereLearning]

I think I made that video you are referring to when I was at GNS!

[@my12spoonswithrose43]

Sedden were fine as the quake didn't really affect them. But being the one your talking about the ones that suffered the most were towns like Waiau which was the epicenter of the quake but got sweet FA help. They would see the army trucks drive through there to Kaikoura. Because they were the only ones who could get through, they weren't allowed to stop at Waiau as those wernt the orders, so those bumpy roads most days you saw on the media was just out of there. Meanwhile locals would have to walk the latest line to collect their cars to go & get food & water for those that needed it, then carry it back. They would have done better & got more if it had been where you stated

[@MarcoPolo-je5ej]

During the 2011 9.0 earthquake in Japan, the ocean floor moved 150 feet to the east. A coastal town moved 50 feet east, simultaneously moving 30 down.

[@Deliveredfromevil]

😮

[@Pearcewreck]

Translation for people who live in a civilised society : During the 2011 9.0 earthquake in Japan, the ocean floor moved 45 metres to the east. A coastal town moved 15 metres east, simultaneously moving 9 down.

[@chrishyde1216]

A reminder of nature's vast power. We should treat nature with respect.

[@msa4548]

What about the one that hit turkey and ripped groves of olives in half.

[@SafariNZ]

The NZ earthquake a displacement of 18m, the Turkey one 7m, but it did creat a huge chasm which the NZ one didn’t not.

[@gaius_enceladus]

Awesome stuff! I'd really like to see you do a video of the *Mohaka Fault* in northern Hawkes Bay. I've seen some awesome photos of that fault - the clarity of the fault scarp suggests that it last ruptured not very long ago. I'd *love* to know when!

[@OutThereLearning]

Nice idea

[@GedMaybury23]

@@OutThereLearning Needs to be done!

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

Yes please! I would also really like a video about Morere springs region & how the sea water is forced up through the earth! 😯

[@jodyknight]

@@sixthsenseamelia4695 oh yes that sounds fascinating good idea.

[@richardpowell1425]

Would that be the 1931 7.4 magnitude earthquake or a smaller more recent one?

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

I was super impressed by your multi-talented filming. Thanks for this awesome tidbit

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AhJodie]

I am impressed by the fault, the movement, the way you use a camera and drone, the beautiful landscape, and your interesting personality! Thank you!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for that!

[@elseeadams]

I totally agree. I've had a strong message regarding a pending huge earthquake south of where I live in Tauranga. My message was not specific re the actual time or place but simply that a huge shake of the earth was going to occur in the future. I'm also very impressed by this chappie & his scientific description of what has happened in the past but my message from the Spirit world said it was going to happen again....sometime in the future. I'm old so maybe not in my lifetime but I feel for the ppl who live down that way bc it will be bigger than the Napier one. I've passed the message to my sister who lives in Gisborne but she was skeptical I think bc no time or date was forthcoming from my guardians in the Spirit world however forewarned is forearmed. Let's face it the residents of LA in the States live with these threats all the time. There's nothing we can do to stop an earthquake & in their case they have to live with what might/will happen every day. Love to all.

[@AhJodie]

@@elseeadams People could be living in structures that are better suited for earth quakes, such as geodesic domes, or something else. It is foolish to continue to live in buildings that can collapse and crumble they they did. You are a caring person, can you ask your guides to be more specific? Love to you.

[@StuffandThings_]

I'd love to see some stuff on the Puysegur trench. Supposedly its seismically and geothermally active, yet the only volcanism related to the subduction is the likely extinct Solander islands. Also subduction zones tend to slightly uplift the continental crust they subduct under, and considering the thin crust of Zealandia I'd imagine there could be quite the effect in Fiordland. Plus, considering the proximity to the Alpine fault there must be quite a lot of interplay between the two. I'd love to learn some more about this feature but it seems to be quite oddly obscure considering how strange it is.

[@Saucyakld]

My friend took me to see it. We followed the flow! Fascinating! My neighbour described what it was like!

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

I was a geology minor in college, and if I had been able to see videos such as this one I would have been a geology major. This is so interesting, thank you for this amazing example, so well-explained. ❤

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks! Glad you found it interesting.

[@kiwikidusa]

Great to see parts of home along with an excellent geological explanation of fault movements.

[@williamwilliam728]

Imagine the absolute terror experiencing such a catastrophic earthquake. I've been in a 7.2 whilst in a mall in the Philippines and it scared the living crap out of me. This amount of energy released by this fault would be unimaginable. The power of Mother Earth. Great example of the movement.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@bellanas]

Just love these videos about Earthquakes/plates etc 😍

[@OutThereLearning]

Cool!

[@billwindsor4224]

Awesome stuff, sir; great investigation and research. New subscriber!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@pete4563]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for showing 😎

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Deliveredfromevil]

That’s amazing! I love to watch videos like this. Our Earth has been through so much. Thanks for sharing this.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rosssouthwell8678]

Great stuff is their a program on lower hut wellington quake about 1855 60 ,or is that the same one different area 55 klm for wellington

[@OutThereLearning]

That was the same earthquake that impacted the whole Wellington area

[@jayjaynezmerize6774]

I'm totally impressed by your video skills & the Fault information is utterly fascinating... Cheers, Mate!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@jayjaynezmerize6774]

@@OutThereLearning Cheers from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

[@nothanks3236]

So much interesting geology in NZ, thank you for sharing.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@NowInAus]

Fantastic! Every day a school day. Living on the other side of those hills it’s good to know that the Wairarapa is relieving some of the stress for us. :)

[@OutThereLearning]

True lol

[@saxonstacker1078]

I'm amazed at how quickly nature recovers.

[@labibbidabibbadum]

Amazing. And yes, super impressed by your multi-camera filming too :) I take it there is no evidence of a third streambed further along? It would be really interesting to know the time between the two events if that has been estimated?

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment. No - it looks like any previous stream bed/s have been eroded away. I am not sure about the dating of the previous earthquake, but on average over the last several thousand years the earthquake ruptures are (very roughly) about 1200 years apart.

[@sim863]

Just visited NZ. It is a beautiful country with beautiful people sitting on a geological time bomb. Don’t exactly know how they do it.

[@JZsBFF]

It's not like there's a life altering earthquake every day. People adapt and overcome.

[@margaritasaloscerdos5]

Man I am indeed impressed! my favourite subject in high school was geology and Ive always loved this part of it! amazing to have found proof of it!

[@OutThereLearning]

Great!

[@Errol.C-nz]

that second stream bed.. given it looks very very similar in age to your 28ft shift.. would be the 1848 quake that was reported in papers at the time as being of similar size as the 55 quake.. that sent numerous settlers back hm to England with a sentiment that they were a regular thing.. Cooks 2nd voyage to NZ.. was of two ships.. the accompanying ship Adventure arrived 1st with departure instructions that should they get seperated they would meet in the harbor north of the straight.. Adventure arrived 1st & anchored in whats now Eastbourne which was described as a channel, miramar being recorded as an island.. archeologists discovered some time after 2000.. evidence of a tsunami that washed 30mtrs up the rimutaka hills facing Palliser bay & believed to be the reason very few maori resided in Wairarapa.. may want to look further in the region for a bigger event than you suggest.. regards wai377

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your input! The second stream bed was not from 1848 - that earthquake was in Marlborough. Instead it was from another quakebetween about 1030 AD and 1150 AD, Cheers

[@davidhull1481]

Yes, we’re all impressed by your camera skills. Thanks for sharing this.

[@OutThereLearning]

😃

[@magnusmcgee993]

Wow! Puts more context to what I went through in Christchurch. Cheers, M

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

Great video, I read about this a few years back. I’m fascinated by White Island and kermadec volcano arc, Tonga- the submarine area is violent there

[@reagzlynax5532]

Great multi-talented filming, very informative + Keep up the great work!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks 😊

[@Ecka63]

Just found your channel and subscribed immediately! I'm Australian but spent two years (2011-13) working all over the north island and the geology of the place blew my mind. I'm really enjoying learning all about the interaction of the Australian/Pacific plates and the evidence you unccover to explain it. I'm very much looking forward to the next video!!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks, that's great!

[@kingy002]

Interestingly Sydney Harbour, but also the eastern coast of Australian, is prone to tsunamis generated from all major earthquakes around NZ. A search showed a maximum wave height of 9 metres, if I read it correctly, from major quakes in the region around NZ.

[@VanillaMacaron551]

@@kingy002 Yep, I have heard there is geologic evidence of one around Sydney-Wollongong in the 1600s.

[@maoridezyah4964]

First thing I noticed when this video started was all the watercress in the background...❤❤❤

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

I'm getting old but have foggy memories of a shift in the middle East that had a rebuilt canal effect after the original shifted caused it separate and loose grade . Possibly Roman or Egyptian. It's worth looking into. I'm of Dutch background and survived a 7 plus in southern California with WWII surviving parents. I've recently been through a 5 plus in Utah. So Eathquak and water get my attention. Let alone I've work the the water system in the Salt Lake valley water system for 28 year .keep up the good work

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your interest

[@mozismobile]

Jusat make sure you stand on one side of the fault or the other...

[@OutThereLearning]

Good advice! 😀

[@jodyknight]

Well done I am very impressed by your filming and drone flying abilities all whilst giving us fantastic information too!! I've subscribed, and I'm very glad this video was in my recommended videos list today.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you, I am pleased you like it

[@thomassturm9024]

Eighteen metres. An entire landscape. Sorry, can't warp my head around this. Awesome.

[@OutThereLearning]

It is hard to imagine!

[@stephanieyee9784]

This is amazing. It's hard to imagine something so natural, catastrophic, awesome, and inspiring. If I am lucky enough to ever get back across the Ditch I'd like to visit this site. Wellington is one of my favourite cities in NZ and I have friends there so it would be a great trip.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for watching and for your interest. I hope the opportunity comes your way!

[@kencoleman7762]

It is very interesting to see the actual ground shift rather than just discuss fault movements. Thanks for the demo.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@lindaj5492]

Random pop-up on my YT: great video, thank you! Just checked: 2004 Boxing Day underwater earthquake was 9.1-9.3 & I recall news reports saying the planet ‘rang like a bell’. Ten times more powerful than Wairarapa. Imagine if it had been land-based 😱

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment. Actually the energy released by an earthquake is 31.6 times greater for each step up in magnitude - so an M9.2 quake releases nearly 32 times more energy than an 8.2 (and nearly 1000 x more than an M7.2) Cheers!

[@lindaj5492]

@@OutThereLearning Wow! I was just going by the logarithmic scale: now having a Michael Caine moment about x31.6 energy factor - “Not a lot of people know that” (at least not a lot of non-seismologist people like me) 🤗

[@WGTNmarineLife]

I remember the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake like it was yesterday. It knocked my chess set over. I’m still trying to get over that all these years later.

[@OutThereLearning]

You must be quite old!

[@longuevalnz]

I remember it too. Me and the whanau all rushed out to gather up stranded fish along the Wellington coast. Big feast that night

[@9114steve]

I don’t remember it, I just saw the destruction after I woke up several hours later, but I’m a heavy sleeper.

[@BD-bditw]

Do you mean the 18.55 metre movement? If not, please tell us the secret of living so long.

[@WGTNmarineLife]

@@BD-bditw Drop Cover And Hold.

[@guyincognito.]

How quickly does the land move that 18 metres? Does it do it suddenly all at once or does it sort of shuffle along over several seconds or minutes?

[@OutThereLearning]

Very fast, probably a second or two

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

@@OutThereLearning 😯

[@GedMaybury23]

Light the fuse and stand well clear!

[@disaster.averted1779]

Faults accommodate slip at about 1 or 2 metres per second during earthquakes.

[@OutThereLearning]

@@disaster.averted1779 great info thanks!

[@chrissscottt]

Excellent use of drone footage to illustrate the geological story. Nice one.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@EdenValleyAdventuresUK]

Super interesting to hear about this, thanks for sharing this history of New Zealand, Ps I live in New Zealand for Meny years 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks

[@Achill101]

Thanks for an informative and well-done video. If I ever come to Wellington where my brother in law lives, I will see if I can visit the Wairarapa fault line.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@glenwarrengeology]

I am very impressed, keep these awesome videos going. Thank you

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your encouragement!

[@piotrdziwinski207]

Great video. I wonder why such massive movement happens on this particular fault line. I imagine that there must be a very even interface between the fault sides so that they can slide so much against one another?

[@OutThereLearning]

Great question - and I am not sure of the answer!

[@qwryzu]

Fault movements are extremely complex and I can't say anything about this particular fault without knowing a ton more about the local geology/regional tectonics, but a very even (smooth) interface might actually be counterproductive to large movements. Earthquakes and rapid slip like this happen when the motion along either side of the fault can't be accommodated by constant slip, sometimes called "aseismic creep". Aseismic (seismic being earthquake, aseismic being does not generate earthquakes) creep happens because the rocks on either side of the fault can gently slide past each other at a somewhat constant rate without building up stress to cause an earthquake. Without pressing hard, slide your palms across each other. Now press your palms hard into each other and try to slide your hands. You might notice that when pressing hard, your hands tend to jump in small segments at a time, get caught, but then move again as you keep pushing. A locked up fault builds up stress over time, and when the stress built up exceeds the frictional strength (it's more complicated than just friction, but you can essentially just think of it as the frictional strength) of the fault, rapid slip occurs and generates a large earthquake. A localized region of locking along a fault is called an asperity. The exact mechanics of why certain faults lock up and others don't is still an area of active study. Even within the same fault, some regions can lock while others don't. The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan surprised a lot of seismologists because it occurred in a segment of that fault that many people thought was in aseismic creep. Because that earthquake was so devastating, a TON of research has come out in the past 10 years to understand the mechanics of locking, but there's still many unknowns. Making it even harder is the fact that sometimes faults build up a ton of stress, but then enter into aseismic creep while maintaining that stress level, so even if you can see stress building up in an area you don't actually know if it's going to generate an earthquake or just settle into aseismic creep. Additionally, many faults don't slip for hundreds to even thousands of years - we've had good GPS data to track movement for less than 50. So... it's complex.

[@Froggability]

The fault recurs every 11-1300 years apparently, but the Kaikoura quake is likely to have added pressure to Wairarapa. As the area has a lack of seismic “creep” , or so I read in Stuff news

[@OutThereLearning]

@@qwryzu thanks so much for taking the time to give us so much information. Much appreciated

[@jodyknight]

@@qwryzu great info, thanks so much for writing all of that explanation out in such easy to understand terminology, it is very much appreciated.

[@kristhompson8112]

Wow Super Scary 17 -18 meters, Even living in Napier in my early years, I don't think the Hikurangi subduction zone move that much in 31

[@luzr6613]

I found this really interesting, but then i started reading through the comments.... Oh boy, you cats sure pull in a... 'diverse'... crowd. TF most of them could never find us on a map. Cheers, and all the best from the hummock that is Mt Messenger.

[@marksinger3067]

Been in the 1972 and 1994 earthquakes in Los Angeles ..Freeways down, buildings collapsed.. The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake may have been an 8 on the scale..Many miles of the Sierra Nevada mountains moved up 20 feet and sideways 40 feet..

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for sharing!

[@stenovitz]

Thanks YT. This is such a stimulating suggesting, feeding my healthy curiosity about geographics in general, first feed as a 4yo by my grand dad in the early 1970ies in a Readers Digest (or what the title is in English, I'm not with English as 1st language) Atlass with scientific color graphs understandable for even young kids. I'm sure kids likewise fed with Curiosity as a guideway will find this catching, too. If any left, I think the 'dull era' started already when they put kids comic magazines into cartoon movies, omitting your free fantasy a bit (but this is something else igniting me).

[@madam94]

I'm impressed alright, considering I live in Wellington I am also a little unnerved to be living so close to something that moved that violently. At least the recurrence interval is 1000+ years!

[@OutThereLearning]

The best thing you can do is just make sure you are prepped for a big one...

[@madam94]

@@OutThereLearning Yep very much so. Plenty of faults all round Welly that could make life a bit interesting if they went off so to speak. The one that I rather hope stays quiet for my lifetime is the Hikurangi. Appreciate these videos you make, love to learn about this stuff. Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

@@madam94 thanks for your interest, it's appreciated

[@jyyrsdbn]

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[@malsgoldadventures8225]

Great effort explaining this..I live nearby and found this super interesting..thanks.!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your kind feedback

[@ursulabruin2231]

Fascinating! Definitely got the idea that this was BIG. Nice clear communication.

[@OutThereLearning]

Ah - good - that came across :-)

[@DaveTinNY]

Fascinating to know that it'll move again like that sometime - probably long after we're all gone. Here in the USA, we've got eyes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific NW.

[@rodparker6530]

Nice drone footage. Makes worthy image capturing and truly show cases the area. Look up; “Flying a small airplane over the San Andreas fault” The part where they talk about Wallace creek. That one shifted “420 feet “.. it’s worth a look in.

[@rodparker6530]

This video is a revisit. It as many was the reason I subscribed.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks - Yes - great video it is!

[@jonminer9891]

Wow, I am impressed. Probably an 11 on the Richter Scale. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

[@OutThereLearning]

Calculated at about mag 8.2

[@andyharpist2938]

I believe that the top of Mount Everest 29,031' was once at the bottom of the sea.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep!

[@andyharpist2938]

and that Scotland used to be joined to Nova Scotia a minimum of 3,000 miles away nowadays

[@farmiap]

We are very much impressed indeed. Thank you

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers! 🙂

[@farmiap]

@@OutThereLearning sometimes I regret that I'm an astronomer, not geologist

[@Subtract123]

I love the local content. Commenting and subbed to help the algorithm give you more views.

[@OutThereLearning]

😀 that's the spirit!

[@dominiclester3232]

Great stuff, thanks! I’m impressed by your drones stability and the lack of wind noise, although I’m unsure of whether you have a slight lisp, or perhaps you used a De-esser when you cut the wind noise? You found a really good example of a land shift there 👏👏

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@danielculver2209]

Need footage 24/7 365 to catch the next one. Plus time-lapse of stream carving new gully!

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Yes, I was impressed. Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@gregorycooper1335]

I was deep underground when a small earthquake triggered by mining happened only about 25 meters away. It was loud and scary, I could feel the movement through my feet, but it was over really fast.

[@OutThereLearning]

Scary!

[@tip397]

My mother in law was around back then. Talking to her yesterday, she said it quite a shake.

[@OutThereLearning]

:-)

[@EastCoastLAB]

Great video - fascinating and informative!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you!

[@Mcfreddo]

Don't know if it was that earthquake, but the Tararua range got shoved up by metres in one go.

[@OutThereLearning]

Possible this one and many others!

[@veramae4098]

Watched a somewhat similar vid on California earthquakes. They showed a stree curbstone that geologists had mildly cherished, as it had first cracked then continued to slide apart with subsequent earthquakes. Only, when the crew went to show it, it had been conscentously knocked off smooth, then rebuilt by the city's street department. 😮🤦‍♂️😉

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep - sadly such great evidences are often tidied up out of existence!

[@thePronto]

I live in an earthquake and volcano zone, not to mention a previously glaciated zone. Now I am going to be driving myself nuts trying to analyze every ripple in the ground. So, thanks!

[@OutThereLearning]

My pleasure 😀

[@LWJCarroll]

Cheers again all the best for you and your family. Laurie. NZ

[@joedellinger9437]

In Nevada on US 40 there is an excellent preserved tear in the Earth from a mag 7 normal fault earthquake in the 1950’s. Dixie valley.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for the info!

[@joedellinger9437]

@@OutThereLearning And there is supposed to be a good one on the Meers fault in Western Oklahoma that is a lot more eroded, but I have not personally visited that one.

[@jenwratt9976]

Truly amazing. Must have been such a powerful earthquake.

[@OutThereLearning]

Super powerful!

[@jeffreyhotchkiss9451]

I am indeed impressed. Wandering around Marin County California back in the 1980's, I found a much younger stream bed that had clearly shifted at a right angle to its flow sometime in the past few decades -- by maybe a foot or two (half a meter for those of you using a modern, sensible measuring system). I figured if I'd been standing there when it shifted, I wouldn't still be standing. 18.5 meters is unimaginable. I would have been thankful for survival of that one.

[@4g0tten4]

Actually, measuring by “foot” is much more sensible, since nearly every healthy, intact person has two of the measuring devices permanently attached to the bottom of his legs. I don’t have a “meter” so readily at hand. “Three feet and three inches” is much less sensible.

[@OutThereLearning]

Maybe you could think "leg"? :-)

[@elaineoliver1039]

Next do under the ocean, the faults under those pressures cleave much farther.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for the idea!

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

I studied to be a land surveyor and worked in that field for a short time. I can imagine feeling an earthquake and knowing I'm gonna be working overtime for a while. Updating the cadaster after such an event must be some tedious work indeed. 😂 "No Ma'am, sorry, your pool belongs to your neighbors now, unless you want to pay their taxes too." 😂

[@jbsmith966]

i have experienced a number of Earthquakes when I lived in Southern California, the main thing I can tell is, no sir , I don't like them. Where i live now we have blizzards and once in while tornados, at least I can see those coming. 8.2 is nothing to laugh at, quakes that strong are devastating and terrifying to experience.

[@Clark-Mills]

Faultless delivery, thanks!

[@OutThereLearning]

:-)

[@nneichan9353]

soooooo... not a place to set up your homestead.....

[@wormhole331]

I've always wondered how property lines work in situations like that. Do you still own the property that was scooted out (move the property line) or do you own the new property scooted in (fixed property line)

[@alanb9337]

This video requires a part two about the uplift at Turakirae Head.

[@OutThereLearning]

Point noted :-)

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Very great stuff. Look up the Wasatch Fault similar but smaller shift in streams and water ways . Also look up Lake Bonneville history. Remnants Utah lake and Great salt lake getting lessor by the day . Over pumped in the 1980's

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment