Frequently Asked Questions - Earthquake Prone Buildings

For frequently asked questions, refer to What the system for managing earthquake-prone buildings means for you on the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website or the FAQ below.

Links to other earthquake information

• MBIE - Seismic Risk Guidance for Buildings – using seismic assessments in occupancy decision making, July 2022
• BRANZ Seismic Resilience online resource that aims to raise the seismic performance of New Zealand’s building stock
• Quake Centre - Responding to an Earthquake Prone Building Notification - Guide for Building Owners
• MBIE - Managing Earthquake-prone buildings
• Reconciling Differing Seismic Assessments An Engineering NZ Service for owners, engineers, tenants
• Seismic assessment and improvement of existing buildings University of Auckland publications
• MBIE Practice Advisory 13 Egress Stairs: Earthquake checks needed for some, September 2011
• AF8 (Alpine Fault magnitude 8) planning and preparing for a coordinated response after a severe earthquake
• Dynamic Site Characterisation of the Nelson-Tasman Region NZGS 2017
• Nelson Tasman Site Classification Study Dynamic site characteristics of regional subsoil materials 2016
• Nelson City Council Liquefaction webpage

For earthquake Civil Defence information, please visit the Nelson Tasman Civil Defence website.

More information

For further information about Council’s earthquake evaluations, please contact the Customer Service Centre, phone +64 3 546 0200.