Earthquakes in New Zealand, Killing at Least 65 People and Destroyed The City

Earthquakes in New Zealand, killing at least 65 people and destroyed the city
    22nd February 2011 6:35, 9:22 updated
    An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the city of Christchurch on South Island of New Zealand. Buildings in New Zealand’s second largest city are destroyed, according to the local premiere of at least 65 people died. Death toll likely to rise further.
    City Gallery, Christchurch, New Zelenda after the earthquake. (22 February 2011) The city of Christchurch, New Zelenda after the earthquake. (22 February 2011) The city of Christchurch, New Zelenda after the earthquake. (22 February 2011) The city of Christchurch, New Zelenda after the earthquake. (22 February 2011) New Zealand city of Christchurch earthquake (22 February 2011)
    Video earthquake in New Zealand live on local television.

    ”Obviously, we are witnessing one of the darkest days of New Zealand,” said Prime Minister John Key after a strong earthquake that struck the area east of Christchurch on Tuesday, nine minutes before one o’clock pm local time (midnight our time).
    Czechs in Christchurch

    Head of the Republic consulate in Sydney, Australia Paul Pitel said that so far no information that the Czech people in New Zealand have suffered injuries or lost their lives. Pointed out, however, that links the stricken city’s situation is complex and still evolving.

    Source: ČTK

    Shock epicenter was about ten miles southeast of the city at a depth of five kilometers and reached the intensity of 6.3 on the Richter scale. After the main action was followed by another accompanying shocks. Some have the power to 5 degrees Richter.

    Many people stuck in the damaged buildings, according to the station told the BBC firefighters. According to the estimate of the mayor may be trapped in rubble up to two hundred people.

    In a city with nearly 400 thousand inhabitants was declared a state of emergency. For example, in the building of The Pyne Gould Guinness, which partly collapsed, stuck to thirty people. A large part of the city’s ruined cathedral.
    The city of Christchurch, New Zelenda after the earthquake. (22 February 2011)

    ”I was in the square near the cathedral – the whole front fell down and some people ran away – inside were also some people,” said cinematographer John Gurr told Reuters. “Colombo Street, Main Street is completely destroyed,” he said.

    Streets flooded murky water and mud. “Everywhere is a lot of water, roll out of the country and all the flooding, there is a complete mess,” described by witnesses, according to BBC. The coastal city, which is the vast supplies of water, lying on gravel, sand and alluvial soil, and after all this turmoil was set in motion.
    Novolzélandksého streets of Christchurch water flooded after the earthquake (22 February 2011)

    There are also reports of subsequent fires. Ruins of buildings buried two buses. It is unclear how many people survived. Television stations showed footage of rescue work and rescue workers dug a majority of the victims.

    Drove through the devastated city in addition to ambulances and private cars, which transported the wounded to hospitals. The consequences of the earthquake to help remove over 350 soldiers.
    Map – Earthquakes – New Zealand

    Map – Earthquakes – New Zealand

    Mayor Bob Parker, who was at that fateful moment on the top floor of city hall and the shock of it almost leapt out of the room, declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of people from the center. “The center of town commemorates the war zone, the damage is huge. Everyone must understand that today is a day of black news,” it quoted a local news server nzherald.co.nz.
    New Zealand city of Christchurch earthquake (22 February 2011)

    City last earthquake last September, the strongest over the past 80 years. Shock then had more than 7 degrees on the Richter scale, but thankfully no one died. It was also the fact that the epicenter of the shock was located at depths greater than this time.

    Earthquakes in New Zealand are relatively frequent. The country is located in a seismically active area known as the Pacific with a fire ring, where the two collide in the earth’s plates. Annually seismologové fourteen thousand recorded in the earthquake, only about twenty of them, however, exceeds 5 degrees on the Richter scale.