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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Debris 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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In 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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Locals 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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Rescue 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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Philippine 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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A 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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A 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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Emergency 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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Liquefaction 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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The 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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Rescue 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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Fifteen-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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