People take pictures and survey the damaged roadway on the South Brighton Bridge approach in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
People inspect the earthquake damaged roadway on the South Brighton Bridge approach in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
A seismogram made available by Geosciences Australia,the national agency for geoscience research and geospatial information, of the early morning earthquake which hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, Australia, on 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the city, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/GEOSCIENCES AUSTRALIA HANDOUT
The earthquake damaged Bexley garage in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
People view an earthquake damaged roadway on the South Brighton Bridge in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
Police make an arrest in Manchester Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
A taxi which sits under fallen debris following the early morning New Zealand earthquake is pictured in Manchester Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
Police and clean up crews wait in the street in front of a building on Manchester Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
Officials survey a severly damaged building at the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
Fallen debris is pictured in Lichfield Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
A car which sits under fallen debris following the early morning New Zealand earthquake is pictured in Manchester Street, central Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand, 04 September 2010. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 30km west of the southern city of Christchurch, causing widespread damage, with two reports of serious injuries. EPA/DAVID ALEXANDER
An image released on 03 September 2010 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows on image of a ShakeMap of the South Island of New Zealand processed on 03 September 2010. A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale struck 03 Septembre near New Zealand‘s South Island. The quake struck at 1635 GMT 03 September, some 55 km kilometres west of Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 12 kilometres. EPA/US Geological Survey
