New Zealand quake toll 65
N Zealand: According to US Geological Survey, the first struck
occurred at 2351 GMT Monday and was followed by a 5.6 magnitude
aftershock 15 minutes later, CNN reported.
The hit was five kilometers from the city at a depth of four
kilometers.
An old Christian church has collapsed, phone services were shut down
and the airport was closed.
Christchurch Hospital has been evacuated and the death to has reached
65 Some people were trapped under debris when buildings weakened from
the 7.1 magnitude quake in 4 September last year collapsed onto the
streets.
“That was, in the city central anyway, as violent as the one that
happened on the 4th of September,” Radio New Zealand quoted Christchurch
Mayor Bob Parker as saying.
The quake in last September is believed to have been the most tremor
struck since 1931, however, there were no deaths in that incident.
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