[GODREKR]

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At least eight buildings collapse; fires burning and buses are crushed by debris

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011 local time (23:51 21 February UTC), causing widespread damage and multiple fatalities. The earthquake was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city. It followed nearly six months after the 7.1 magnitude 2010 Canterbury earthquake that caused significant damage to the region but no direct fatalities.

The names of 172 victims have been released as of 7 April 2011, with the final death toll expected to be 181, making the earthquake the second-deadliest natural disaster recorded in New Zealand (after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake). Prime Minister John Key stated that 22 February "may well be New Zealand's darkest day". Nationals from more than 20 countries are among those missing. The New Zealand Government declared a state of national emergency.

Analysts estimated that the earthquake could cost insurers US$12 billion (NZ$16 billion).

[dregs]

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[Faline]

I was watching this on the news this morning, devastating

[candymosh]

[PsychodelicTurtle]

God bless'em. Dammit!

[PsychodelicTurtle]

Nothing you can say can make any of this better for any of them. I wish there was something we could do.

[sweetsarah]

[Illusion]

Looks like NZ was hit with a meteor. Man that sucks.

[kboukes]

Ive seen on the news here bodies crushed in cars. Bodies found in wreckage is marked with a pink X and buildings clear are spraypainted with yellow or simply 'clear' id like to see some real photojournalism come out of this, not the censored rubbish that the MSN sends us. There should be some somewhere, New Zealand is a very progressive country.

[rrrr_reubs]

some photos I took yesterday: http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php...9552&aid=60219

and a video: [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoJS_arGRDY"]YouTube - Christchurch earthquake february 22nd 2011[/nomedia]