<p> Nervous shoppers fled into the streets when a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the New Zealand city of Christchurch today, halting rebuilding work following last year's tremor that killed 185.<br /><br />These were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and police and ambulance services said they had received no calls for assistance.<br /><br />The quake struck at 2:44 pm local time (0814 IST) at a shallow depth of eight kilometres about 25 kilometres east of New Zealand's second largest city, the US Geological Survey said.<br /><br />The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, which is overseeing reconstruction after the deadly 6.3 tremor in February last year, said it suspended demolition work in the city centre as a precaution.<br /><br />Christchurch has experienced thousands of aftershocks in the past 18 months, delaying efforts to rebuild and further unsettling residents</p>
<p> Nervous shoppers fled into the streets when a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the New Zealand city of Christchurch today, halting rebuilding work following last year's tremor that killed 185.<br /><br />These were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and police and ambulance services said they had received no calls for assistance.<br /><br />The quake struck at 2:44 pm local time (0814 IST) at a shallow depth of eight kilometres about 25 kilometres east of New Zealand's second largest city, the US Geological Survey said.<br /><br />The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, which is overseeing reconstruction after the deadly 6.3 tremor in February last year, said it suspended demolition work in the city centre as a precaution.<br /><br />Christchurch has experienced thousands of aftershocks in the past 18 months, delaying efforts to rebuild and further unsettling residents</p>