World: By the numbers: New Zealand’s deadly Christchurch quake
- 6.3 the magnitude of the quake that hit the city of Christchurch
- 65+ reported killed in the region’s second quake quake in six months
- 100+ feared hidden under the rubble of collapsed buildings source
- » New Zealand’s worst disaster ever? While already the worst disaster the region has faced in 80 years, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key suggested it may be even worse than that. “We paid a very heavy price here,” he said. “We could be looking down the barrel at New Zealand’s darkest day.” Buildings with schools and television stations were reduced to rubble. Cathedrals lost their shape. All in all, he may be right.