That immense mountain range running up the western/left side of the island is the Southern Alps. They're larger than the alps in Europe (Italy, Switzerland, etc).
They're formed by the collision of two tectonic plates along the Alpine Fault, which uplifted the Southern Alps.
The fault ruptures massively (immense earthquake) very regularly, at 260-300 year intervals.
On that regularity, the fault (600km in length) is well overdue to rupture. The probabibilty of a rupture/earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher is within the next ~40 years is about 75%.
It's going to be terrifyingly massive, and could happen within your lifetime.
Aviator8989 on April 27th, 2024 at 02:51 UTC »
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!
mypantsareonmyhead on April 27th, 2024 at 03:31 UTC »
Side notes for interest.
That immense mountain range running up the western/left side of the island is the Southern Alps. They're larger than the alps in Europe (Italy, Switzerland, etc).
They're formed by the collision of two tectonic plates along the Alpine Fault, which uplifted the Southern Alps.
The fault ruptures massively (immense earthquake) very regularly, at 260-300 year intervals.
On that regularity, the fault (600km in length) is well overdue to rupture. The probabibilty of a rupture/earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher is within the next ~40 years is about 75%.
It's going to be terrifyingly massive, and could happen within your lifetime.
AleksasKoval on April 27th, 2024 at 04:20 UTC »
Why didn't the Fellowship just take the ISS to Mordor? Are they stupid?