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Hi All

At approximately 1pn NZ time there has been a 6.3 quake in Christchurch, NZ.

Apparently all phone lines to Christchurch are down. There has been an extremely lot of damage to buildings, some are down. A bus was crushed by falling bricks. The Christchurch cathedral has been badly damaged.

If you have relatives or loved ones in the area you may only be able to reach them on cell phones.

There are now reports of fatalities.

Truely horrifying to see the pictures.

Thinking of everyone in the region at this time.

Annie
xxxxx

Have just seen this on Sky News, indeed devastating.
My thought and prayers are with all those affected and also for everyone involved in rescue operations.

Dreadful news and how it reminds us of how powerful nature can be.
My prayers and positive thoughts for everyone in and around Christchurch and their relatives and friends. special prayers for the very brave rescue teams as well.

My thoughts and prayers go to the people of Christchurch and New Zealand. I am watching the news with horror.

Sue xx

I have just been watching Sky news,my heart goes out too all the people in Christchurch,and to everyone who has friends and relatives there.

Just tuned in & saw it on the news.

My love & thoughts to all those affected. x

Hi Annie

Seen it on the news, just too dreadful. In my thoughts and prayers

xxx Shimms xxx

So sad for all those involved.
Good luck and best wishes to all.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those involved

Julia (in Cambs)

Hi Annie

my thoughts and prayers are for you and all out in NZ and especially for my 2nd cousin and family who I only discovered last year.

Sylvia

Have read a report this morning that through the night they were able to rescue 11 people from the rubble of buildings which is good news.

A sad story was a mother who had her baby in her arms died from being hit by falling debris. Amazingly the baby survived and is being cared for by rescuers.

I am lucky that I am nowhere near where the quake hit. I am in Wellington but we did feel the quake here. They are now warning us that we may get a biq quake too. We haven't had any bad ones here for a while.

Such terrible suffering and sadness when people are lost to their families.
May those gone rest in peace.

Lizx

MotownGal, New Zealand has lots of fault lines, not just one. The quake of Sept (and this one) are on a fault line which had not previously identified.

As Annie says, Wellington is well overdue for a big one.

There are several fault lines near me where I live up towards Auckland.

Huia.

The area where I live is surrounded by a fault line. New Zealand is made up of a lot of them as Huia has said.

They've started releasing names of the deceased tonight and it is sad that two babies were in the list.