An earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 1 occurred in the waters near Kemadek Islands, New Zealand. Why are there many earthquakes in New Zealand?

New Zealand is a country with frequent earthquakes, and there are reports of sudden earthquakes in New Zealand from time to time. In fact, earthquakes are really common in New Zealand. After all, being located in the Pacific Rim earthquake zone, it is inevitable to be troubled by earthquakes.

First of all, the crustal plate is not a complete plate.

Everyone knows that an earthquake is a natural disaster, but many people may not know how it is caused. Simply put, earthquakes are related to crustal plate movements. Because the earth's crust plate is not complete in structure and is not in a relatively static environment. It is precisely because they will move with the crustal movement that when the boundaries of two crustal plates collide with each other, they will accumulate a lot of energy. When these energies reach a critical point, the generate will come out violently, resulting in the disappearance of plate boundaries, thus forming an earthquake. Generally speaking, this collision between crustal plates is called the extinction boundary, and the area on the extinction boundary is also the earthquake-prone area, which is also commonly known as the earthquake zone.

Second, New Zealand is located in the Pacific Rim seismic belt.

At present, there are two major earthquake zones in the world, namely the Mediterranean Sea. Himalayan seismic belt and Pacific Rim seismic belt. Unfortunately, New Zealand happens to be located in the Pacific Rim earthquake zone. In other words, New Zealand is located on the extinction boundary of the Indian Ocean Plate and the Pacific Plate. Therefore, under the pressure of these two plates, New Zealand will naturally become a country with frequent earthquakes, which also makes it make news from time to time because of earthquakes.

Generally speaking, the frequent earthquakes in New Zealand are mainly due to the country's geographical location. However, it is precisely because New Zealand is a country with frequent earthquakes that the construction of buildings and infrastructure is mainly based on earthquake resistance, and New Zealand has been doing a good job in earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, so as long as it is not a major earthquake, it will generally not affect the normal life of local people.