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article: Mar 15 2010 - February roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Mar 4 2010 - Chile Tsunami Survey

GNS Science is seeking experiences from New Zealanders who observed or were affected by the tsunami generated by the Chilean earthquake that arrived on February 28.

article: Feb 28 2010 - Tsunami alert from Chile earthquake

A tsunami was generated from a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile on 27 February 2010.

article: Feb 9 2010 - January roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Jan 31 2010 - GeoNet News, Issue 12

The latest issue of our newsletter "GeoNet News" is released today.

article: Jan 29 2010 - EQC to fund GeoNet for coming decade

The Earthquake Commission is to fund GeoNet, the national hazard monitoring network, to the extent of approximately $9 million a year over the next five years. The funding will ensure that data for research and for disaster response is available to continue to expand and improve New Zealand’s capacity to recover from major natural disasters. Funding levels for the second half of the 10-year contract with GNS Science, which operates the network, are to be negotiated at the end of the first five-year period.

article: Jan 19 2010 - December roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Jan 14 2010 - Haiti earthquake

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck Haiti in the Caribbean region, causing severe damage and loss of life.

article: Jan 6 2010 - Volcanic activity in New Zealand 2009

2009 was another quiet year for New Zealand's volcanoes with no eruptions onshore, but several short-lived periods of activity were recorded from Monowai submarine volcano in the Kermadec Islands.

article: Jan 5 2010 - Principal earthquakes of New Zealand in 2009

A summary of the major earthquakes affecting New Zealand in 2009.

article: Dec 16 2009 - Dusky Sound aftershock recorders retrieved

The six temporary seismometers deployed in Fiordland following the July 15 Dusky Sound earthquake have now been collected. Their data are being used for further analysis of the aftershock sequence.

article: Dec 15 2009 - November roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Dec 9 2009 - Wanganui Basin earthquake

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred this morning at 11:09 am.

article: Dec 9 2009 - Bringing you a faster GeoNet website

The GeoNet website development team share some of the techniques they've recently used to decrease page response time during and after major earthquakes.

article: Dec 3 2009 - GNS Science seeks Systems Administrator for GeoNet

GNS Science is seeking an experienced Linux systems administrator to maintain and develop the core systems used by GeoNet.

article: Nov 24 2009 - GeoNet is now on Twitter

As part of the GeoNet project’s aim to spread hazard information as widely as possible, we now automatically post the latest earthquake information, GeoNet News articles and volcanic alerts, to Twitter.

article: Nov 19 2009 - Palmerston North earthquake

This morning's magnitude 5.1 earthquake just after 7:00 am was centred south of Palmerston North at a depth of 40 km and was widely felt throughout the lower North Island. An aftershock of magnitude 4.3 occurred about an hour later.

article: Nov 12 2009 - October roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Oct 29 2009 - Dino's in the clear!

A permanent replacement webcam for the White Island Factory camera has been installed in a new housing.

article: Oct 23 2009 - More data resources

We are pleased to unveil a number of new data resources for both researchers and web developers alike.

article: Oct 16 2009 - September roundup

Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.

article: Oct 10 2009 - Wellington earthquake

On October 10 2009 at 6:02 pm a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred 20 km north-west of Wellington.