649224 external_news 1628009796 1628009796 This story puts you on the boat carrying School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences assistant professor Samer Naif and his fellow researchers as they struggled to take readings in choppy waters off New Zealand's northern coast. The researchers’ mission was to collect data for their new study 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? 

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