Looking like something out of a sci fi movie these alien like rocks have seemingly crawled out of the sea in the wake of the monster magnitude 7 8 earthquake which shook new zealand on monday.
Sea floor rising 2 meters in nz quakes.
Bizarre alien like rocks have crawled out of the sea in the wake of the monster magnitude 7 8 earthquake which shook new zealand on monday.
The quake has lifted the seabed up by two metres in some.
They are defined by oceanographers as independent.
Dramatic aerial pictures reveal the scale of the devastation caused on the coastline north of kaikoura on the country s south island.
Scientists say the sea.
Earthquakes had lifted land in many places throughout new zealand.
For instance the magnitude 8 2 to 8 3 wairarapa earthquake in 1855 lifted wellington harbour by about two metres.
The massive waves were triggered by a 9 0 magnitude earthquake that gave the sea floor a huge shove toward honshu japan s largest island.
New zealand sea floor lifted by quake becomes cliff on a beach new zealand s newest beach feature is not likely to disappear any time soon after the recent massive earthquake pushed a chunk of.
The magnitude 7 8 earthquake that tore through new zealand on monday was so powerful it dragged the sea floor 2 metres above the ground causing it to explode though the sand and reveal its strange lumpy exterior.
The magnitude 7 8 earthquake that tore through new zealand on monday was so powerful it dragged the sea floor 2 metres above the ground causing it to explode though the sand and reveal its.