Christchurch has had another earthquake, this time there has been serious loss of life. Death toll tallied at 65 so far with many more expected.
Quake was 6.3 magnitude, depth 5km and about 10km from city centre.
Quake struck at 12.51pm local time during local lunch time on CBD.
Iconic buildings have been destroyed.
Engineers were apparently in the spire of this central city church establishing damage from the the September quake.
This quake has come less than 6 months after the 7 magnitude quake which resulted in one death via coronary and was one of the largest insured events ever estimated at USD4bn
The city was just starting to rebuild.
visit www.tv3.co.nz www.tvnz.co.nz for information and video.
Our thoughts with the good citizens of Christchurch New Zealand.
Quake was 6.3 magnitude, depth 5km and about 10km from city centre.
Quake struck at 12.51pm local time during local lunch time on CBD.
Iconic buildings have been destroyed.
Engineers were apparently in the spire of this central city church establishing damage from the the September quake.
This quake has come less than 6 months after the 7 magnitude quake which resulted in one death via coronary and was one of the largest insured events ever estimated at USD4bn
The city was just starting to rebuild.
visit www.tv3.co.nz www.tvnz.co.nz for information and video.
Our thoughts with the good citizens of Christchurch New Zealand.