New Zealands Earthquake Brings Ocean Floor Up

New zealand earthquake was so powerful it raised the sea floor by 7ft exposing it to the surface november 17 2016 these incredible photographs show how new zealand s 7 8 magnitude earthquake lifted the seabed two metres and exploded through the sand.

New zealands earthquake brings ocean floor up. 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. It triggered tsunamis and landslides stranded. 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. New zealand s earthquake was so powerful the sea floor lifted two metres and exploded through the sand photos show the scale of the devastation of new zealand s seabed after the earthquake early on.

The maps cover the shape of the ocean floor and zealandia s tectonic profile which. The kaikoura earthquake lifted long strips of coast out of the sea on monday morning in parts as high as two metres. That made way for newcomers of a different genetic background the ancestors of today s kelp according to the new york times. The earthquake had been part of the ocean floor that rose upward and wiped out its inhabitants.

The mass of rocks and seaweed comes courtesy of a 7 8 magnitude earthquake that thrust parts of the sea floor up and out of the water on monday. It all happened so fast the exposed sea bed was still crawling in sea life when locals discovered their newly remodelled coastline and scientists have never seen anything like it. Ursula cochran and kate clark of gns science and sharyn goldstein of the. This could suggest that scientists can see major changes to environment by studying the genes of organisms.

Gns science a new zealand research institute published two new maps and an interactive website on monday.