NZ earthquake lifted sea bed by up two metres
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.
The quake has lifted the seabed by up to two metres in some places, both intriguing and puzzling scientists. It's visible, if slightly unnerving and surreal evidence of what has gone on far beneath the earth’s surface.
The damage, north of Kaikoura on the coast of New Zealand’s south island has exposed the seaweed strewn rocks, pushing them onto the beach and into the open air.
They show the abalone-covered seabed now exposed metres above the ground, and other sealife which won’t survive in the open air.
Experts believe it’s the first time an earthquake has resulted in the seabed around New Zealand to lift, according to Stuff.
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I heard New Zealanders are swarming to the raised seabeds to look for abalones.
Apparently, the abalones have come up and clung to the raised seabeds.