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A new study has uncovered new earthquake faults in the Wairarapa valley, four of which are close to some of the region's towns.
Wairarapa's Emergency Management Office (EMO) controller, Simon Taylor, said the findings were not a surprise and could help people better understand risks.
Wairarapa is no stranger to earthquakes, with New Zealand's largest recorded quake since 1840 being the 1855 rupture of the Wairarapa fault, measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale.
The [ttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563712/international-scientists-gather-in-wanaka-to-shake-up-quake-forecasting earthquake findings], published in a paper from Earth Sciences New Zealand, were shared with Local Democracy Reporting under the Official Information Act.
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