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Landslides more damaging than quakes in New Zealand

January 18, 2021 Reprints

Jo Horrocks, chief resilience and research officer of New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission, said that landslides cost the country up to $300 million New Zealand ($215 million) every year, Stuff reported. An analysis by geoscience research institute GNS Science found that landslides were significantly more dangerous for property and people than earthquakes in New Zealand.

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