Christchurch (New Zealand's second biggest city) had an awful earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning, registering 7.5 on the Richter scale. Miraculously and being 4.30am in the morning there were no fatalities however four days later they are still suffering with some big aftershocks - the latest one being an hour ago and registering 5.1 on the Richter scale. Having been in New Zealand for seven years now I feel for them just like the rest of New Zealand is - families have lost houses, pets are missing, workplaces and schools have been shut down while the stability of buildings are assessed, power is out in some areas and water and sewer pipes have burst. Here's hoping they rebuild themselves quickly.
An interesting fact though and not surprising is that a record number of births tooks place at Christchurch hospital within the 24 hours following the quake!!
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