Selwyn Manning & Glenn Williams On Chch's Quakes Update

Glenn Williams hosts Eye On The World, a weekly look at big events around the world with Scoop's Selwyn Manning. This week: New Zealand – Christchurch and Canterbury is struck by a cluster of powerful aftershock quakes.

Christchurch and Canterbury have suffered further aftershocks throughout the night, after a cluster of powerful aftershocks hit the region Monday afternoon the strongest registeering as magnitude 5.5 and 6 quakes. The quakes have destroyed much of Christchurch's eastern city underground infrastructure.

After a cold night, Cantabrians face a day of mending jagged nerves, cleaning up, and trying to get back on track toward restoration and normality. Schools in Christchurch and its suburbs will be closed today and will remain so until further notice.

People have been uploading video of the two quakes and we've lined up a series of them that really show just how powerful the two quakes were.

Home Security Cam Footage – this shows both the 5.5 and 6 magnitude quakes:
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Close Encounters: (SuperTajy) “Chimney collapsed onto my sisters caravan, lucky she wasnt in it....”
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At the Prime Minister's post cabinet press conference late yesterday afternoon John Key read from a scripted notes to reassure Cantabrians that the Government will do all it can to assist them.

PM John Key reassuring Cantabrians:
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Reassuringly, Key noted that Gerry Brownlee was flying back to Christchurch to assess the damage.

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Around the suburbs that awful and strange phenomenon liquefaction is in evidence.

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Liquefaction:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qrDYPEkM1Y

Infrastructure damage around Avondale:
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Infrastructure damage in Avondale: “All the pipes broke under the ground so water made big floods, unfortunately it's pretty much all sewerage so it stinks!”
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One of my sisters lives out west passed Riccarton area. She and her neighbours have been pretty lucky. Her house is holding together, and their livelihood is all good. But she said to me that the two big quakes yesterday were pretty frightening.

It might be time for us to roll up our sleeves, and set up a sausage sizzle stand outside Eden Park in defiance of the Rugby World Cup legal bruisers and send the proceeds to the Christchurch Earthquake Fund...

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