12/01/2010 10:25 am New Zealand was fortunate to avoid a large damaging earthquake in 1998, but moderate-sized events occurred, including several in places where we usually record few earthquakes.

An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its hypocenter or focus.

Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. Worst of all, “Earthquake Bird” is just dull. Like its shy protagonist, "Earthquake Bird" almost feels like it’s happy to just get lost in the crowd. 1998: A summary of the earthquakes - 06/01/1999.

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