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In this composite image (top) earthquake damage is seen at the Christchurch Cathedral Citizens War Memorial, seven months after the Christchurch earthquake, on Sept. 28, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year Christchurch earthquake anniversary on Feb. 21, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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In this composite image (top) rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building in Manchester Street on Feb. 22, 2011and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year Christchurch earthquake anniversary on Feb. 21, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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In this composite image (top) collapsed buildings in Manchester Street on Feb. 22, 2011 and (bottom) the same location as seen ahead of the one year Christchurch earthquake anniversary on Feb. 21, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

AP reports: More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park Wednesday while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago.

The reading was followed by two minutes of silence at 12:51 p.m., the minute the magnitude-6.1 quake struck. It destroyed thousands of homes and much of downtown Christchurch, causing 30 billion dollars ($25 billion) in damage by the government's estimate.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker told the crowd at the park that the city would never be the same again. He said people disagree about how the city should be rebuilt, but that one day it will again be a great place to live and work.

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The remains of a damaged house at Shag Rock near Sumner after the cliff fell away during two magnitude 6.0 and 5.5 earthquakes struck on June 13 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The aftershocks came four months after the major eathquake which hit the city on February 22, resulting in the deaths of 181 people.

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A car stands in water after two magnitude 6.0 and 5.5 earthquakes struck on June 13 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The AP reports from WELLINGTON, New Zealand:

A series of aftershocks rattled New Zealand's quake-devastated city of Christchurch again Monday, toppling one of the few buildings still standing downtown and sinking thousands of homes into darkness.

Bricks came crashing down in the cordoned-off city center, where only workers have tread since it was devastated in February's major earthquake. About 200 people were there when the quakes struck Monday, and two were briefly trapped in a church. In all, 10 people were injured in the city.

"We are being enveloped with dust," Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker told New Zealand's National Radio. "It is very, very scary." Continue reading.

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Debris from collapsed buildings crushed cars and littered the streets after an earthquake in Christchurch on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

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A four-story building lies in ruin in central Christchurch on Tuesday.

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Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building on Manchester Street on Tuesday.

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A woman is rescued from inside a building after Tuesday's earthquake.

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People are evacuated from a damaged building after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A strong quake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch on Tuesday for the second time in five months, toppling buildings, causing fatalities and trapping people beneath rubble.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday rocked the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch, collapsing buildings, cracking streets and causing multiple fatalities and serious injuries.

Live video footage showed streets strewn with bricks and shattered concrete. Sidewalks and roads were cracked and split, and hundreds of dazed, screaming and crying residents wandered as sirens blared throughout the city. Water mains had burst, causing extensive flooding.

The epicenter Tuesday was located in the "worst possible location" for city residents, New Zealand's GeoNet Center data manager Kevin Fenaughty told the New Zealand Herald. Continue reading...