At 12:51 p.m. on Tuesday, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the country's second-largest city, Christchurch. It is an aftershock of a massive, deeper earthquake that hit New Zealand last September, and has already caused more damage, injuries, and fatalities than the earlier quake. Hundreds of structures in Christchurch have now been severely damaged or collapsed completely. At the moment, at least 65 deaths have been confirmed, hundreds have been injured, and many are still missing. Below are images from New Zealand late yesterday, more will be added as they come in today.
Earthquake in New Zealand
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Read moreDebris crushed a car outside the Christchurch Catholic Cathedral after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. #
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Read morePeople walk past rubble as they evacuate after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in this February 22, 2011 image taken from video footage. #
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Read morePeople are evacuated from a damaged building after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in this February 22, 2011 image taken from video footage. #
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Read moreIn this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk through a street partly covered with rubble after an earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreLocals stand in a park cordoned off by police, away from dangerous and unsafe areas of Christchurch central business district, New Zealand after a 6.3 earthquake hit Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA man is rushed to hospital after being rescued from a collapsed building in Manchester Street on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreRescue workers climb onto the collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness Building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22 2011. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday killing at least 65 people and trapping dozens in one of the country's worst natural disasters. #
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Read moreA man looks for any victims amongst rubble in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreRescuers workers carry the body of a deceased woman on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreA building in Christchurch, New Zealand, is destroyed after an earthquake struck Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreThe Christchurch, New Zealand, suburb of Bexley is flooded following an earthquake, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreCars are abandoned on a flooded street after a strong earthquake in suburban Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreRescue workers work to extinguish a fire at a collapsed building of King's Education in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreCrushed cars are seen in a car parking building on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreBodies are covered after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreAn iconic Christchurch tram is covered in debris on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreRescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building in Manchester Street on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreRescue crews look for staff in the damaged Pyne Gould Guinness building in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read morePhilippine seismologist Winchelle Sevilla points to a seismograph of an earthquake which struck New Zealand earlier in the day, during a press briefing at the Philippine volcanology office in Manila on February 22, 2011. At least 65 people died in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the New Zealand town of Christchurch Prime Minister John Key said. #
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Read moreA destroyed Baptist church is seen after an earthquake in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA man lies injured on Manchester street on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read morePeople have broken windows to prepare to be rescued from a high-rise building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreRescue workers search for victims after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreCollapsed buildings in Manchester Street on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreAn injured person is carried by rescue workers after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA car is crushed by a beam in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA collapsed building is barricaded following an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreRescue workers block off a collapsed building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA general view shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreSeveral of the icebergs that caved into Tasman Lake are seen from the air after a 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA group of people travel with Glacier Explorers to see one of the many icebergs that caved into Tasman Lake as a result of the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreTwo women hug each other in front of a collapsed building in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreThe four-story Pyne Gould Corporation building lies in ruin in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA view shows a damaged cathedral after an earthquake in central Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA man holds a child in his arms after an earthquake in Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA man is seen after being pulled from the rubble after an earthquake in Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA policeman talks to a woman trapped in a collapsed cathedral after an earthquake in Christchurch February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreA rescue dog stands between Taiwan earthquake rescue workers before their flight out of Taoyuan, northen Taiwan, February 22, 2011, to Christchurch, New Zealand via Sydney, Australia. New Zealand rescue teams worked under search lights early Wednesday to find scores of people trapped under collapsed buildings after an earthquake struck the country's second-biggest city of Christchurch, killing at least 65 people. #
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Read moreEmergency services search the rubble for survivors of the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch's business district, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Search teams using dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers worked through dawn Wednesday in one of New Zealand's largest cities, trying frantically to find survivors amid the crumbled concrete, twisted metal and huge mounds of brick left by a powerful earthquake. #
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Read moreEmergency services team members search for survivors in the rubble of the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch's business district on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. #
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Read moreLiquefaction on Kilmore St, Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22nd, 2011. Liquefaction can occur during strong shaking where soil loosens and groundwater migrates to the surface under pressure. #
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Read moreStreet scene near a destryed cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22nd, 2011. #
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Read moreThe ground floor of a structure leans perilously, damaged by the earthquake centered near Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22nd, 2011. #
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Read morePeople look at badly fractured pavement after the earthquake in New Zealand on February 22nd, 2011. #
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Read moreA young man stands inside an earthquake-caused crack in a New Zealand street on February 22nd, 2011. #
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Read moreA young man jumps his bike on part of an earthquake-damaged bridge in Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22nd, 2011. #
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Read moreNew Zealand Army vehicles patrol the streets on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreA BP truck is shown stopped by the earthquake on the road to Lyttelton on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreA large landslide lands on a house in Sumner on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreThe Timeball Station is seen to be badly damaged, a day after the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the township of Lyttelton near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, February 23, 2011. #
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Read moreGiant boulders and landslides crushed buildings in Sumner on February 23, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. #
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Read moreRescue workers use thermal cameras to search for survivors in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, February 23, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. #
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Read moreFifteen-year-old Kent Manning, left, and his sister Libby, 18, react with their father, who asked not to identified, after they were told by police that there was no hope of finding Kent and Libby's mother alive in a collapsed building following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, February 23, 2011. #
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