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Looking at Tectonics

Looking at Tectonics

The devastating earthquake that tore through Christchurch on the afternoon of February 22 is the product of a new fault line in the Earth’s crust — an offshoot from the Alpine fault — that…

Aerial Footage of New Fault Line

Aerial Footage of New Fault Line

A video from GNS showing the new fault line and New Zealand’s tectonic plate formation.