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NZ fault line discovered

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1. Scientists in New Zealand ……. studying ……. line they think ……. be more than ……. years old.
2. The ……. line is where the earth ……. apart ……. the nation’s recent 7.1 ……. earthquake.
3. "……., at least ……. years because that’s ……. old the geological ……. are for ……. we could ……. there was no ……. movement.
4. So, it is a real, ……. a surprise ……. in specific ……..
5. The ……. from ……. week’s quake was ……., resulting in ……. buildings and widespread ……. outages.
6. Scientists say ……. unknown geographical ……. are becoming more the ……..
7. ……. its ……. an interesting time in the ……. 10 or 20 years that, or ……. around the world, the ……. earthquakes that ……. occurred, have not often occurred on the ……. expected ……..
8. There were no ……. caused by the earthquake but ……. in Christchurch have ……. the ……. of emergency until more of the ……. is ……. control.