Earthquakes continue to destroy 'city disaster'

A powerful 5.1 magnitude aftershocks rocked the Christchurch (New Zealand), which has suffered many earthquakes recently, forcing the airport have emergency evacuation and a number of areas lost power in the city.

The earthquake occurred last night at 8h34 (local time) at a depth of 10km, the city of Christchurch 7 km to the southwest. After the earthquake, there are more strong aftershocks from the 3.5 to 3.6 magnitude. The shaking was felt throughout the city Christchurch, which have suffered three earthquakes in 9 months. In particular, a strong earthquake 6.0 magnitude even 13 / 6 and destructive earthquakes magnitude 6.3 in June 2, claiming 181 lives. A resident told local media that the earthquake had broken out of his bed. "We heard a noise and thought not to the ground right?. It does not last as long as the ground on Monday last week, but still scary because it's happening," he said. Meanwhile, a radio program that people say, people living in major cities Monday New Zealand has suffered many earthquakes in a row last time and described the river in Christchurch as a "sea of ​​misery ".Although local media have mentioned loss of a number of power stations in the suburbs, but police said there is currently no specific figures on post-disaster damage last. As representatives of the Christchurch airport, they have evacuated and are conducted to check the damage in the runway area.The airport had to close temporarily after the earthquake on 13 / 6 and was reopened several hours later. On Monday (20 / 6), Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announced the total damage for earthquakes in Christchurch was up to 19.22 million, far exceeding the initial estimate. According to the Vietnam Post Office