New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

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New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests

Prayers for New Zealand

Please Take Time to Send Your Unconditional Love , Support and Prayers of Healing in Highest Good to ALL ofthe People of New Zealand in this very difficult time of tragedy and devastation. Let them know we care, and that they are not alone. We ask in Highest Good that the Earth calm, the aftershocks cease.

We send support and deepest love to our sister and brother, Lynne Ralph and Craig Galloway and their families in New Zealand. Both have contacted us, and are unharmed. Craig and family are assisting in the rescue in Christchurch. We are with you !

6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre

22 February 2011

New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch

New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: "We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day."

The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.

The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.

The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.

The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities.

"We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks"

Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness Accounts

The epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.

TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.

Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.

Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.

Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires.

Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins.

..

Bexley

Streets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain.

Pyne Gould Guinness

The multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside.

Cathedral

The 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting.

Manchester street

Much of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about.

Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: "I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible."

Asked whether she was injured, she said: "I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood."

Glacier smashed

A dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.

Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris.

Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers.

Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble.

Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News

By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time.

And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.

The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.

Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.

New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally.

The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below.

Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was "like a warzone".

Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water.

The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly "unliveable".

Queen II said in a statement she had been "utterly shocked" by the news.

"My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event," the statement said.

The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.

Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.

Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.

City Mayor Bob told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city."

"There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city," he added.

PM Key said: "It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.

Grant Beedie in Christchurch: "There was no time to run"

"This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another," he added.

Aftershocks

The military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.

A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more.

One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: "We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks."

A British backpacker said the city "looked like a bomb had hit it".

New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0.

The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.

Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people.

BBC

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Prays for everyone in New Zealand. Margaret A. CoteTo: MSers Life egroup <MSersLife >Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 10:09:45 AMSubject: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from

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New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests

Prayers for New Zealand

Please Take Time to Send Your Unconditional Love , Support and Prayers of Healing in Highest Good to ALL ofthe People of New Zealand in this very difficult time of tragedy and devastation. Let them know we care, and that they are not alone. We ask in Highest Good that the Earth calm, the aftershocks cease.

We send support and deepest love to our sister and brother, Lynne Ralph and Craig Galloway and their families in New Zealand. Both have contacted us, and are unharmed. Craig and family are assisting in the rescue in Christchurch. We are with you !

6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre

22 February 2011

New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch

New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: "We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day."

The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.

The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.

The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.

The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities.

"We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks"

Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness Accounts

The epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.

TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.

Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.

Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.

Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires.

Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins.

..

Bexley

Streets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain.

Pyne Gould Guinness

The multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside.

Cathedral

The 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting.

Manchester street

Much of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about.

Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: "I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible."

Asked whether she was injured, she said: "I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood."

Glacier smashed

A dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.

Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris.

Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers.

Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble.

Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News

By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time.

And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.

The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.

Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.

New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally.

The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below.

Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was "like a warzone".

Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water.

The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly "unliveable".

Queen II said in a statement she had been "utterly shocked" by the news.

"My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event," the statement said.

The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.

Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.

Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.

City Mayor Bob told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city."

"There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city," he added.

PM Key said: "It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.

Grant Beedie in Christchurch: "There was no time to run"

"This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another," he added.

Aftershocks

The military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.

A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more.

One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: "We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks."

A British backpacker said the city "looked like a bomb had hit it".

New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0.

The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.

Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people.

BBC

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This is just awful! I heard about this first here, not on tv. I should tune in to see updates. Prayers for everyone! Horrible.love to all,KateTo: MSers Life egroup <MSersLife >Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 11:09:45 AMSubject:

New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests

Prayers for New Zealand

Please Take Time to Send Your Unconditional Love , Support and Prayers of Healing in Highest Good to ALL ofthe People of New Zealand in this very difficult time of tragedy and devastation. Let them know we care, and that they are not alone. We ask in Highest Good that the Earth calm, the aftershocks cease.

We send support and deepest love to our sister and brother, Lynne Ralph and Craig Galloway and their families in New Zealand. Both have contacted us, and are unharmed. Craig and family are assisting in the rescue in Christchurch. We are with you !

6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre

22 February 2011

New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch

New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: "We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day."

The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.

The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.

The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.

The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities.

"We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks"

Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness Accounts

The epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.

TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.

Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.

Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.

Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires.

Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins.

..

Bexley

Streets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain.

Pyne Gould Guinness

The multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside.

Cathedral

The 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting.

Manchester street

Much of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about.

Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: "I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible."

Asked whether she was injured, she said: "I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood."

Glacier smashed

A dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.

Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris.

Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers.

Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble.

Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News

By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time.

And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.

The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.

Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.

New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally.

The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below.

Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was "like a warzone".

Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water.

The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly "unliveable".

Queen II said in a statement she had been "utterly shocked" by the news.

"My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event," the statement said.

The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.

Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.

Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.

City Mayor Bob told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city."

"There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city," he added.

PM Key said: "It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.

Grant Beedie in Christchurch: "There was no time to run"

"This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another," he added.

Aftershocks

The military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.

A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more.

One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: "We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks."

A British backpacker said the city "looked like a bomb had hit it".

New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0.

The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.

Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people.

BBC

[Guest guest]

the media has other fish to fry - keeping us ignorant - the somali pirates shot the 4 hostages this morning

the infrastructure in NZ is bad - many are trapped and they expect the death toll to go up - the cathedral spire fell God, grant me the strength of eagles wings, the faith and courage to fly to new heights, and the wisdom to rely on his spirit to carry me there.

To: MSersLife Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 4:13:01 PMSubject: Re: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

This is just awful! I heard about this first here, not on tv. I should tune in to see updates. Prayers for everyone! Horrible.love to all,Kate

To: MSers Life egroup <MSersLife >Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 11:09:45 AMSubject: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests

Prayers for New Zealand

Please Take Time to Send Your Unconditional Love , Support and Prayers of Healing in Highest Good to ALL ofthe People of New Zealand in this very difficult time of tragedy and devastation. Let them know we care, and that they are not alone. We ask in Highest Good that the Earth calm, the aftershocks cease.

We send support and deepest love to our sister and brother, Lynne Ralph and Craig Galloway and their families in New Zealand. Both have contacted us, and are unharmed. Craig and family are assisting in the rescue in Christchurch. We are with you !

6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre

22 February 2011

New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch

New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: "We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day."

The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.

The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.

The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.

The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities.

"We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks"

Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness Accounts

The epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.

TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.

Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.

Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.

Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires.

Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins.

..

Bexley

Streets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain.

Pyne Gould Guinness

The multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside.

Cathedral

The 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting.

Manchester street

Much of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about.

Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: "I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible."

Asked whether she was injured, she said: "I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood."

Glacier smashed

A dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.

Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris.

Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers.

Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble.

Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News

By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time.

And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.

The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.

Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.

New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally.

The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below.

Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was "like a warzone".

Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water.

The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly "unliveable".

Queen II said in a statement she had been "utterly shocked" by the news.

"My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event," the statement said.

The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.

Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.

Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.

City Mayor Bob told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city."

"There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city," he added.

PM Key said: "It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.

Grant Beedie in Christchurch: "There was no time to run"

"This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another," he added.

Aftershocks

The military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.

A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more.

One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: "We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks."

A British backpacker said the city "looked like a bomb had hit it".

New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0.

The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.

Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people.

BBC

[Guest guest]

Are you serious? They shot them? Oh dear Lord! I suddenly have a pain in my heart...what is the world coming to? This is just horrific news. It boggles my mind that pirates even exist in this day and age.gentle hugs to all,KateTo: MSersLife Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 5:15:27

PMSubject: Re: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

the media has other fish to fry - keeping us ignorant - the somali pirates shot the 4 hostages this morning

the infrastructure in NZ is bad - many are trapped and they expect the death toll to go up - the cathedral spire fell God, grant me the strength of eagles wings, the faith and courage to fly to new heights, and the wisdom to rely on his spirit to carry me there.

To: MSersLife Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 4:13:01 PMSubject: Re: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

This is just awful! I heard about this first here, not on tv. I should tune in to see updates. Prayers for everyone! Horrible.love to all,Kate

To: MSers Life egroup <MSersLife >Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 11:09:45 AMSubject: New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests from my reiki group

New Zealand Castrophic Earthquake - Urgent Prayer Requests

Prayers for New Zealand

Please Take Time to Send Your Unconditional Love , Support and Prayers of Healing in Highest Good to ALL ofthe People of New Zealand in this very difficult time of tragedy and devastation. Let them know we care, and that they are not alone. We ask in Highest Good that the Earth calm, the aftershocks cease.

We send support and deepest love to our sister and brother, Lynne Ralph and Craig Galloway and their families in New Zealand. Both have contacted us, and are unharmed. Craig and family are assisting in the rescue in Christchurch. We are with you !

6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre

22 February 2011

New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch

New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.

Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: "We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day."

The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.

The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.

The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city.

The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities.

"We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks"

Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness Accounts

The epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.

TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.

Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.

Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.

Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires.

Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins.

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Bexley

Streets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain.

Pyne Gould Guinness

The multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside.

Cathedral

The 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting.

Manchester street

Much of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about.

Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: "I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible."

Asked whether she was injured, she said: "I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood."

Glacier smashed

A dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.

Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris.

Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers.

Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble.

Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News

By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time.

And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.

The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.

Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.

New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.

On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally.

The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below.

Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was "like a warzone".

Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water.

The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly "unliveable".

Queen II said in a statement she had been "utterly shocked" by the news.

"My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event," the statement said.

The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.

Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.

Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.

City Mayor Bob told the BBC: "This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city."

"There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city," he added.

PM Key said: "It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.

Grant Beedie in Christchurch: "There was no time to run"

"This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another," he added.

Aftershocks

The military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.

A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more.

One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: "We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks."

A British backpacker said the city "looked like a bomb had hit it".

New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0.

The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.

Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people.

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We are with you ! 6.7 Tragic New Zealand Earthquake-Epicentre 22 February 2011 New Zealand Earthquake: 65 Dead in Christchurch New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: " We may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day. " The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest.The mayor of New Zealand's second-biggest city says 120 people have been rescued from the ruins.The country's deadliest natural disaster in 80 years struck at 1251 (2351 GMT on Monday), 10km (6.2 miles) south-east of the city. The damage is said to be far worse than after the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two people seriously injured but no fatalities. " We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around: lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks " Christchurch Earthquake: Eyewitness AccountsThe epicentre of that quake, which occurred in the middle of the night, was further away from the city and deeper underground, but it still caused an estimated $3bn (£1.9bn) in damage.TV pictures of the aftermath of Tuesday's disaster showed scores of collapsed buildings in the South Island city of nearly 400,000 people.Shocked survivors could be seen wandering the rubble-strewn streets, which cracked open as the ground beneath was liquefied by the tremor.Police said that the dead included people on two buses which were crushed by falling buildings.Helicopters plucked survivors to safety from rooftops, and dumped water on fires. Officials said up to 30 people were feared still trapped inside the razed Pyne Gould Guinness building, where screams have been heard from the ruins..BexleyStreets in the north-eastern suburb of Bexley were flooded as the quake caused water mains to burst, which coincided with heavy rain. Pyne Gould GuinnessThe multi-storey Pyne Gould Guinness Building, which normally houses around 200 workers, collapsed. A number of people were thought to be trapped inside. CathedralThe 63m spire of the city's Anglican cathedral was toppled by the earthquake. Built in the second half of the nineteenth century, the spire has been damaged before and the stone construction replaced with copper sheeting. Manchester streetMuch of the city centre was badly damaged, including these buildings on Manchester Street. The quake struck in the middle of the day when many people were out and about. Trapped under her desk inside the building, Anne Voss told Australia's Channel Seven by mobile phone: " I am hoping they will get me out soon because I have been here so long. And it's dark. And it's horrible. " Asked whether she was injured, she said: " I know I am bleeding and I can feel the ground is quite wet. I think it's blood. " Glacier smashedA dozen visiting Japanese students are among those reported missing.Bystanders have been using bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under debris. Many injured people were carried out on blood-soaked stretchers or in the arms of shocked workmates and strangers. Some escaped on ropes lowered from office towers. Others managed to crawl out of the rubble. Amos-Science correspondent, BBC News By nature, earthquakes tend to cluster in space and time. And Tuesday's tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September. The critical difference on this occasion is the ground broke almost directly under the country's second city, and at shallow depth, 5km (3 miles) below the surface.Contrast this with September's magnitude 7 quake: its epicentre occurred some 40km west of the city and at a depth of 10km, and it continued to rupture mainly away from the major built-up areas.New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.The country straddles the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates.On South Island, the location of the latest quake, the plates rub past each other horizontally. The tremor sent the spire of Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark in the centre of the city, toppling into the square below. Gurr, a camera technician, told Reuters news agency the area outside the cathedral was " like a warzone " .Power and telephone lines have been knocked out, while burst pipes have deluged streets with water. The suburbs of Lyttelton and New Brighton are reportedly " unliveable " .Queen II said in a statement she had been " utterly shocked " by the news. " My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this dreadful event, " the statement said.The quake caused some 30m tons of ice to shear away from New Zealand's biggest glacier.Witnesses say massive icebergs formed when the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park broke, tossing a nearby lake with huge waves.Back in Christchurch, emergency shelters were set up in the city's Hagley Park, a race course and schools as night approached.City Mayor Bob told the BBC: " This is a terrible, terrible toll on our city. " " There is no power in most of the city; there is no water in most of the city, " he added.PM Key said: " It is just a scene of utter devastation. We have to work as fast as we can to get people out of environments where they are trapped.Grant Beedie in Christchurch: " There was no time to run " " This is a community that is absolutely in agony. We just need this community, as it has done before and as it will do again, to come together, to check and support one another, " he added.AftershocksThe military has been deployed to help the rescue effort, and the government has accepted an offer of specialist help from Australia.A series of aftershocks, some as big as magnitude 5, have already rattled the stricken city, and officials warned residents to brace for more. One Christchurch resident, Jaydn Katene, told the New Zealand Herald: " We've had friends in town call us and say there are just bodies lying around; lots of dead bodies outside shops just lying there just covered in bricks. " A British backpacker said the city " looked like a bomb had hit it " .New Zealand experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which only around 20 have a magnitude in excess of 5.0. The last fatal earthquake was in 1968, when a 7.1-magnitude tremor killed three people on the South Island's western coast.Tuesday's was the country's worst natural disaster since a 1931 quake in the North Island city of Napier killed 256 people. BBC