The Faces of Tragedy

At noon on Tuesday 22 February 2011, Christchurch in New Zealand was struck by an Earthquake of magnitude 6.3.

No one saw it coming within six months of the previous earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on 4 September 2010.

The death toll keeps rising as more and more bodies are discovered amidst the rubbles of devastation.

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Next BAXTER WARWICK GOWLAND WAS JUST 5 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE.

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New Zealand is world renown for being geological active with high mountains, frequent earthquakes, geothermally active areas and volcanoes.