evidence: On November 13, 2016, a powerful earthquake jolted the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The 7.8 magnitude quake lifted the seabed by 0.5 to 2 meters (2 to 7 feet) along a 20-kilometer stretch of the Kaikoura coast. In one area, the uplift was a remarkable 5.5 meters (18 feet). The sudden shifting of such a huge quantity of rock produced some unusual sights. From above, satellites captured an image of a thin swath of newly exposed land ringing the Kaikoura Peninsula and other parts of South Island. [...] People living near the Kaikoura coast were struck by the sounds that accompanied the quake as well as the sights. "Locals here described not the earthquake noise but the noise of water running off the top of this uplifted platform," said geologist Kelvin Berryman in a GNS Science video. "They said that the noise was just horrendous."