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The detectors on guard 15 years after New Zealand's devastating earthquake in Christchurch

The detectors on guard 15 years after New Zealand's devastating earthquake in Christchurch

SBS News in Depth
4 min
27 Feb
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Fifteen years after a devastating earthquake in New Zealand left 185 people dead, scientists are on guard, ready to spot an impending disaster. In the control rooms at Earth Sciences New Zealand headquarters, seismologists are continuously analysing data from a network of 700 detectors looking for warning signs of an imminent quake.