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NASDAQ delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here. Curfew declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hits New Zealand city Fri, Sep 3 2010 UPDATE 1-Strong 7.4 quake hits New Zealand near Christchurch Fri, Sep 3 2010 UPDATE 1- USGS- Major 7.2 magnitude quake west of Guam Fri, Aug 13 2010 USGS- Major 7.2 magnitude quake west of Guam Fri, Aug 13 2010 Ecuador rocked by 6.9 quake, no major damage Thu, Aug 12 2010 Related Topics World » Natural Disasters » Related Video Powerful quake rocks New Zealand Fri, Sep 3 2010 1 / 19 A council worker surveys the damage to a building in central Christchurch after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the city September 4, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Simon Baker By Gyles Beckford WELLINGTON | Sat Sep 4, 2010 3:27am EDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, bringing down power lines and bridges and wrecking roads and building facades. "The damages are incredibly frightening. The only thing you can say it's a miracle that no one lost their life," Prime Minister John Key told Television NZ after the quake struck with a magnitude of 7.1 from a depth of 10 kms (6 miles) at around 4.35 a.m. local time (12:35 p.m. EDT Friday). He said early estimates for the cost of repairs were around NZ$2 billion ($1.4 billion). A curfew was slapped on the central business district of Christchurch between 1900 and 0700 (3:00 a.m. EDT and 3:00 p.m. EDT). Earlier, a formal civil defense state of emergency was imposed in the city of around 350,000 to coordinate recovery operations. The last time authorities declared a local emergency was in late December 2007 when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Gisborne on New Zealand's North Island. The earthquake caused damage to some buildings but also caused no casualties. Christchurch city and the neighboring small towns bore the full force of the quake, which did considerable damage to infrastructure. "The damage is immense, it's something that has affected every family, every household...the hit on our infrastructure, the pipes that deliver the water, the waste water, the bridges, the power supplies...has been very significant," Christchurch mayor Bob Parker told reporters. The city's hospital said two men had been admitted with serious injuries, one hit by a falling chimney and the other cut by glass. Police said there were minor instances of looting, which had been quickly contained. In the suburbs many houses had broken windows, toppled chimneys, cracked walls and items thrown off shelves, with some streets and footpaths subsiding. In late afternoon, power has been restored to 90 percent of the Christchurch urban area and 80 percent of the rural network. Authorities were preparing to bring in water in large tankers because pumping stations were out of action and pipes broken. RURAL EPICENTRE The small farming community of Darfield, around 20 kms (12 miles) west of Christchurch, was near the quake's epicenter. The principal of the primary school there said the quake, which threw him out of bed, was terrifying. "Our china cabinet has crashed, pictures are off the wall, anything high up has come down and the cat has gone. He is probably still heading south," Markham McCullen told the NZ Press Association. GNS Science, the New Zealand government seismological agency, revised the quake's magnitude to 7.1 from an original 7.4. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported it at 7.4 but later revised its figure to 7.0. Christchurch airport, which was shut earlier, has been reopened and is operational, while the railway network and bridges throughout the region were also being checked for damage. Canterbury University, which has about 22,000 students, said there has been no material structural damage on its campus, but the university will be closed until Sept 13 for health and safety assessment. The quake was felt as a long rolling motion lasting up to 40 seconds. The area was continuing to feel aftershocks as strong as magnitude 5.3. The quake was among the 10 strongest recorded in New Zealand, which sits between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, and records around 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which around 20 top magnitude 5.0. The last fatal quake was in 1968 when an earthquake measuring 7.1 killed three people on the South Island's West Coast. (Additional reporting by Mantik Kusjanto; Editing by David Fox) World Natural Disasters Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment Sep 03, 2010 10:08pm EDT Way to go NZ on your responses to this libran6 moron! This person is completely devoid of any respectable perspective that he or she is not worth your acknowledgement. Indeed, we all feel tremendous regret and sadness on your unfortunate ordeal …this natural disaster. Really wonderful to know that there is no, and hopefully won’t be any, loss of lives. By God’s grace, this too shall pass, and you will rise ever stronger, more resilient and many time the remarkable people and nation that you are. This is just another experience that will epitomize what progressive people and nations of the world should emulate. May the good Lord watch over and guide you through your restoration. Stay Bless oh wonderful people. GOD SPEED!!! Banned Report As Abusive Sep 03, 2010 10:44pm EDT That’s a really nice comment. Most New Zealanders are smart enough to know that Libran6’s comments are not the thoughts of most Americans – you only have to look at all the help that is given to other countries and from the every day people not just the government. kiwibird Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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