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    • Foreground of image shows the Ostler Fault, Mackenzie Basin, NZ
    Rights: GNS Science Limited, Lloyd Homer Published 21 July 2007 Size: 590 KB Referencing Hub media

    In the foreground of this image is one example of a fault line that runs through New Zealand. This particular fault line is found in the Mackenzie Basin and is called the Ostler Fault.

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      Faults

      A nervous laugh often accompanies the statement, “Our house is on the fault line” We all know that it is not a great place to be during an earthquake, but what actually is a fault line? Cracks or ...

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