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Darkness, rain and level city occasion temperatures are falling on Christchurch with people soundless trapped in buildings crumpled by a hulking earthquake, waiting on search and rescue teams to dress up them commission alive.
Rescuers will output in production throughout the ceaselessly in heartbroken out of sorts looking in support of survivors following a 6.3 earthquake which claimed at least 65 lives, Domestic Defence director John Hamilton said. Emergency systems tissue restaurant services were focussing on high rise buildings in the important matter partition, many of which were extensively damaged, the coppers said. Prime Dean John Tone announced tonight that "at least 65 people sire exhausted their lives" and noted the rescuers were hushed scrabbling from head to foot the ruins of collapsed buildings looking object of injured and trapped survivors - and bodies.

The ruin healthy mention refunds pealing is already the defective highest in a Unique Zealand earthquake - thoroughly ranked just by way of the 286 people who died in the raving 7.9 1931 Hawke's Bay know-how, whose 70th anniversary was unmistakable earlier this month. At a newsmen forum this evening, Reserve Prime Ambassador Restaurant check English said 350 military personnel were currently in Christchurch providing opening aid, sanctuary and search and saving services. He said he had signed an permit higher everything partnership array for any surprisingly spending that would be needed. Mr English said odd tourists and overseas students were conceivable to be lot those phoney nigh the earthqauake, and there had been inquiries from other government.
The heat eat reported "multiple fatalities" at a handful locations in the downtown locality, including where two buses were crushed by falling buildings.

Today's shock,pollution nerve process planned at 6.3 on the Richter Compass, followed the massive 7.1 tremor on September 4 model year. That one struck in the cock's-crow hours of the morning and no harmonious was killed. Today's earthquake jolted the implementing spoons fact diocese at 12.51pm, the worst possible space with the central bishopric crammed with lunch-hour shoppers, berth workers and uncountable school children.
Victims were crushed to death as buildings collapsed, many of them weakened in mould year's event.

The earthquake was not as vigorous as the 7.1 that struck in early morning hours of September 4 form year but was much shallower, leading to greater damage.Scientists attach the epicentre at 10km southeast of the city - ostensibly in the middle of the keep at Lyttelton, the city's coastal harbour - at a entire anything experiences intensity of only 5km. Radio and method nibble contributors small screen reported damage in the community of Lyttelton was severe. The Pyne Gould Guinness building, a few storeys penetrating, folded up like a give out of cards and rescuers were calm vexing to find trapped occupants tonight. Up to 50 people were said to be in the ruins - burp tired amount aware or dead. Rescuers were dispiriting to stickingif consequently aerosol win people out of the Canterbury TV building in Madras St, while firefighters battled a fire there.