{"649224":{"#nid":"649224","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The \u2018Swell\u2019 Job of Sorting Out New Zealand\u2019s Unusual Earthquake Patterns","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis story puts you on the boat carrying School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/naif-dr-samer\u0022\u003ESamer Naif\u003C\/a\u003E and his fellow researchers as they struggled to take readings in choppy waters off\u0026nbsp;New Zealand\u0026#39;s northern coast.\u0026nbsp;The researchers\u0026rsquo; mission was to collect data for their\u0026nbsp;new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-021-03619-8\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E that might answer a key question about an unusual underwater seismic zone called the Hikurangi Margin: In this relatively small area, why are some quakes massive, but others so sneaky that only the most sensitive instruments detect them?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-03 16:56:36","changed_gmt":"2021-08-03 16:56:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"wendy white","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/new-zealand-earthquakes-hikurangi-margin","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"188051","name":"Samer Naif"},{"id":"188396","name":"underwater earthquakes"},{"id":"188052","name":"marine earthquakes"},{"id":"188053","name":"subduction zones"},{"id":"188062","name":"Hikurangi Margin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}