7.6 Magnitude Earthquake off New Zealand’s South Island

Evidence of New Zealand’s location on the Pacific Ring of Fire is shown in this image of the bathymetry (shades of blue) and topography (shades of brown) of the southwestern part of the South Island, known as Fiordland, and the surrounding waters of the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using earthquake and plate tectonics data from the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program, elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility, and ocean bathymetry data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ETOP1 global relief model of Earth’s surface. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published July 21, 2009
Data acquired July 15 - 20, 2009

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Space Shuttle > SRTM