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Before-and-after images of damaged buildings on Victoria Street in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Sept 4, 2010 Seven Day Rapture Warning! Earthquake 7.0 in Christchurch New Zeland!September 4, 2010 Last night I believe that the church of Christ got their 7 days warning of the Rapture. There was a strong earthquake in New Zealand near the second largest city whose name is Christchurch. We were seven days away from Rosh HaShana which is a very high probability of God alerting His Christ Church. Nando http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39002792/ns/world_news-asiapacific New Zealand quake sparks state of emergencyPM: ‘The only thing you can say is it’s a miracle that no one lost their life’Advertisement | ad info
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 9/4/2010 5:37:54 AM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand’s second-biggest city. Christchurch and its neighboring small towns bore the full force of the quake, which brought down power lines and bridges and wrecked roads and building facades. However, no deaths and only two injuries were reported. “The damages are incredibly frightening. The only thing you can say is it’s a miracle that no one lost their life,” Prime Minister John Key told Television NZ after the quake struck with a magnitude of 7.0 from a depth of 6 miles at around 4.35 a.m. local time (12:35 p.m. ET Friday). He said early estimates for the cost of repairs were around NZ$2 billion ($1.4 billion).
A curfew was slapped on the central business district of Christchurch between 1900 and 0700 (3:00 a.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. ET). Earlier, a formal state of emergency was imposed in the city of around 350,000 to coordinate recovery operations. A few looters broke into some of the damaged shops, authorities said. “The damage is immense, it’s something that has affected every family, every household…the hit on our infrastructure, the pipes that deliver the water, the waste water, the bridges, the power supplies … has been very significant,” Christchurch mayor Bob Parker told reporters. Roads had been blocked by rubble, gas and water supplies disrupted, while chimneys and walls had fallen from older buildings, Parker added. He warned that continuing aftershocks could cause masonry to fall from damaged buildings. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php Latest Earthquakes in the World – Past 7 daysLatest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.5 or Greater in the Rest of the World – Last 7 daysThis list contains all earthquakes with magnitude greater than 2.5 located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 4.5 and above are in bold font. Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.) The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click on the word “map” to see a ten-degree tall map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event’s “DATE” to get a detailed report. If you cannot see the list, Click here to go to the top of the list. Update time = Sat Sep 4 13:07:03 UTC 2010
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