A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake has rocked much of the West Coast and Otago this morning. Geonet said the quake struck at 7.38am, and was centred 40km southwest of Haast, 70km northwest of Wanaka, at a depth of 5km. The quake was reported toThursday, August 30, 2012 at 13:43:24 UTC; Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 12:43:24 PM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 71.461°N, 10.919°W. Depth, 9.9 km (6.2 miles). Region, JAN MAYENWednesday, August 29, 2012 at 19:35:53 UTC; Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 03:35:53 PM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 19.386°N, 64.361°W. Depth, 14.4 km (8.9 miles). Region, VIRGIN"And, second, the policies that we make to mitigate earthquake hazards sometimes aren't very well thought out in terms of whatever tens or a hundred billion dollars were spent on those tsunami defenses were largely wasted." Expect the unexpectedScientists say the reason is not fully understood, but there is a clue: Earthquake faults work much differently south of the Salton Sea than they do closer to Los Angeles. Take, for instance, the San Andreas fault as it runs through Los Angeles County
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