Christchurch Quake - this time disasterous

Note for historical reasons -
Yesterday at 12:51 in the afternoon Christchurch had a 6.3 Earthquake at a depth of 5km, 10km out from the central city. It was September the 4th last year at approx 4am in the morning we were all thanking our lucky stars that the 7.1 earthquake hit when no one was in the Christchurch city center. (7.30am 23rd Feb Wed) This time presently there are 65 dead and many injured, at least 3 buildings have collapsed . More info to follow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canterbury_earthquake
My heart goes to Christchurch as they are still pulling people out of the rubble.
nzherald current updates http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10708163
tvnz current updates http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/live-updates-christchurch-quake-4038727

Just a curiosity - Is this the human age that declined or the rotation of the sun dramatically slowed down?
http://files.myopera.com/SavedNotFried/blog/Bill.declining_longevit.gif