Toy also worked on building stability during earthquakes in Ecuador , using computer modeling to determine the relationship between rock type and building damage . She has been used numerous times by New Zealand media as a geological expert , on the Kaikoura earthquake , tsunami risk , predicting the next earthquake on the Alpine Fault and the misreporting of science in the media . She has also been used as a popular science presenter in the book '' Terrain : Travels Through a Deep Landscape '' and TV show '' Beneath New Zealand . ''
Kaikoura earthquake
2016 Kaikoura earthquake
Virginia Toy