Monday, January 17, 2011

Deformity from a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand in September 2010.

"The...image is particularly interesting. Note how the rails show high levels of deformation whilst the surrounding ground shows comparatively little."
~The American Geophysical Union

Click to see more deformities from this quake:
http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2010/11/02/the-canterbury-earthquake-images-of-the-distorted-railway-line/

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