The Christchurch Earthquake

The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a powerful natural event that severely damaged New Zealand's second-largest city, killing 185 people in what has been described as one of the nation's worst peacetime disasters. Christchurch was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on 22 February which caused widespread destruction and damaged life and property.

Around 100,000 buildings were destroyed or damaged leaving many homeless in New Zealand's worst natural disaster since 1931. The shattered cathedral of the country's second city, with its broken spire, became one of the most striking images of the disaster.

The first 5.8 magnitude quake struck at 1358 local time (0058 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. Another of similar magnitude hit 80 minutes later. Dozens of people suffered minor injuries but only 19 were admitted to hospital.
Friday's first earthquake struck 26km (16 miles) north-east of the city at a depth of 4.7km. The second large event, with a magnitude estimated at 5.9, was in almost exactly the same place, the USGS said. Aftershocks rolled on throughout the afternoon, several of them with a magnitude greater than 5, according to New Zealand's GeoNet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16312041
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html