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Christchurch Suffers Second, More Deadly Quake in 5 Months

   Victor Beattie  February 22, 2011
   People  walk  through  debris  in  the  aftermath  of  a 6.3 magnitude
   earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 22, 2011.

Photo: AFP

   People  walk  through  debris  in  the  aftermath  of  a 6.3 magnitude
   earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 22, 2011.

   Tuesday's  6.3  magnitude  earthquake  that  jolted  the population of
   Christchurch, New Zealand is the second major quake to hit the city in
   the  last  five  months.  It  struck during the workday, toppling tall
   office  buildings,  splitting roads in half and sending people running
   in  panic.  At  least  65  people  have  been killed and 100 other are
   believed to be trapped.
   VOA's  Victor Beattie spoke with Laura Davis, a reporter for Radio New
   Zealand, in Auckland.

   Tell us what you know about the devastation in Christchurch?
   "Well,  some  of the fatalities are the result of two buses which were