NZ fault line discovered – answers

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1. Scientists in New Zealand are studying fault line they think may be more than 16,000 years old.
2. The fault line is where the earth ripped apart causing the nation’s recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
3. "Well, at least 16,000 years because that’s how old the geological formations are for which we could see there was no prior movement.
4. So, it is a real, quite a surprise event in specific detail.
5. The damage from last week’s quake was significant, resulting in toppled buildings and widespread power outages.
6. Scientists say heretofore unknown geographical occurrences are becoming more the norm.
7. Undoubtedly its been an interesting time in the last 10 or 20 years that, or even around the world, the large earthquakes that have occurred, have not often occurred on the most expected faults.
8. There were no deaths caused by the earthquake but officials in Christchurch have extended the state of emergency until more of the damage is under control.