If you still want to do your bit and donate to the Christchurch Quake appeal, spare a thought for a group of NZ app developers, who have created a website called appappeal. The website aims to donate 100 per cent of all profits from apps towards the Christchurch Earthquake appeal.
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/-2hwBgRtBjQ&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Logan McMillian turned on his videocamera just a minute after his home in Christchurch, New Zealand was ravaged by a 6.3 earthquake. The resulting footage shows the surreal state of affairs moments after everyone’s world was shaken up. [Gorilla Pictures via Laughing Squid]
According to official data from the US Geological Survey website, a strong earthquake struck Christchurch at 12:51pm local time and measured 6.3 on the official Richter scale.