February 22, 2011 Earthquake.

 Earthquake.
 Christ Church in New Zealand was hit by an magnitude 6.3 earthquake and the death toll reaches 181 people.
 February 22, 2011- The Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 (ML) earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm local time. The earthquake was centred of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city. it followed nearly six months after the magnitude 7 on the 14 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, which caused significant damage to ChristChurch and the central Canterbury region, but no direct fatalities.

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