LATEST: A number of people are dead and scores trapped after a large quake struck Christchurch this afternoon.
Police said two buses had been crushed by falling debris, while witnesses said screams could be heard coming from the Pyne Gould Business building where up to 150 people were feared trapped.
The airport was closed to all but emergency flights after its tower had collapsed and Lyttelton tunnel was shut. Christchurch Hospital remained open but was also damaged.
Christchurch Cathedral, the heart of the city, has largely collapsed.
Power was out in 80 percent of the city, as large aftershocks continued.
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