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New Zealand Geophysical Networks: 1999-2000

The national seismograph network is owned and operated by the GNS Science Limited. The network records about 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand every year. Over 100 are big enough to be felt.

Seismograph sites need to be on hard rock and well away from traffic and other sources of artificial ground noise.
Scientists need recordings from at least three seismographs to accurately locate the depth and magnitude of an earthquake.




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