Researchers have simulated slow earthquakes in laboratories. It now lies about 2 miles below sea level and is being pushed into the Hikurangi subduction zone. AdvertisementAdvertisementSlow-slip earthquakesPart of the Hikurangi subduction zone runs along the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. "It's kind of like a conveyor belt that's pushing this rock underneath New Zealand," Gase said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe red rectangle shows where on the Hikurangi Plateau the reservoir is located, and the red line shows the Hikurangi subduction zone.

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Persons: Andrew Gase, Gase, Demian Saffer Organizations: Service, New Zealand Herald, GPS Locations: New Zealand, Zealand, New, It's, Japan