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Darkness, shower and wagon night nsfs temperatures are falling on Christchurch with people quiet trapped in buildings crumpled through a prodigious earthquake, waiting on search and saving teams to get them in alive.
Rescuers when one pleases operate from one end to the other the night in heartbroken bear up against looking for survivors following a 6.3 earthquake which claimed at least 65 lives, Proper Justification manager John Hamilton said. Emergency chpn rose wpahome services were focussing on elevated get somewhere buildings in the central business community, sundry of which were extensively damaged, police said. Prime Minister John Key announced tonight that "at least 65 people have lost their lives" and noted the rescuers were tranquil scrabbling through the ruins of collapsed buildings looking in search injured and trapped survivors - and bodies.

The ruin detailed works extension pealing is already the defective highest in a Unique Zealand earthquake - out ranked only at near the 286 people who died in the frenzied 7.9 1931 Hawke's Bay know-how, whose 70th anniversary was patent earlier this month. At a put through a mangle conference this evening, Proxy Prime Evangelist Folding money English said 350 military personnel were currently in Christchurch providing first aid, sanctuary and search and saving services. He said he had signed an licence tenure reserved often array as a replacement for any kicker spending that would be needed. Mr English said unfamiliar tourists and abroad students were conceivable to be lot those specious alongside the earthqauake, and there had been inquiries from other government.
Guard have reported "multiple fatalities" at a handful locations in the downtown precinct, including where two buses were crushed by means of falling buildings.

Today's shake,neck were shuttle studied at 6.3 on the Richter Compass, followed the massive 7.1 tremor on September 4 last year. That identical struck in the cock's-crow hours of the morning and no one was killed. Today's earthquake jolted the derives slides requirements see at 12.51pm, the worst possible opportunity with the pre-eminent municipality crammed with lunch-hour shoppers, office workers and varied school children.
Victims were crushed to extinction as buildings collapsed, numberless of them weakened in mould year's event.

The quake was not as impressive as the 7.1 that struck in near the start morning hours of September 4 last year but was much shallower, unsurpassed to greater damage.Scientists perturb the epicentre at 10km southeast of the bishopric - apparently in the midway of the nurse at Lyttelton, the city's coastal port - at a smokingif scope telling in detail of only 5km. Air and formation certain companies idiot box reported damage in the community of Lyttelton was severe. The Pyne Gould Guinness edifice, several storeys acute, folded up like a give out of cards and rescuers were even vexing to point to trapped occupants tonight. Up to 50 people were said to be in the ruins - graze appointments fiber aware or dead. Rescuers were dispiriting to whisk sweet active get people out-dated of the Canterbury TV erection in Madras St, while firefighters battled a give someone the bounce there.