team from New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2017, they reported they had discovered beneath Whataroa, a small township on the Alpine Fault, "extreme" hydrothermal activity which "could be commercially very significant". One of the lead researchers said that it is likely to be globally unique. See also Geology of New Zealand List of earthquakes in New Zealand San Andreas Fault References Sources Wells, A.; Yetton, M.T.; Duncan, R.P.; and Stewart, G.H. (1999). Prehistoric dates of the most recent Alpine fault earthquakes, New Zealand. Geology, 27(11), 995–998. (abstract) Further reading External links Alpine Fault earthquake talk – Otago Regional Council Alpine Fault research in the Department of Geology – University of Otago Where were New Zealand’s largest earthquakes? – GNS Science Earthquakes and Tectonics in New Zealand – Nature & Company Limited The Next Alpine Fault Earthquake in New Zealand – GNS Science on YouTube Deep Fault Drilling Programme Active faults Seismic faults of New Zealand Strike-slip faults Geographic areas of seismological interest