News Zealand quake: Death toll from New Zealand quake climbs to 147

The death toll from the earthquake of magnitude 6.3, which destroyed part of Christchurch, New Zealand, last week, rose to 147, officials said Sunday.

This figure is expected to increase its Ministry of Civil Defence said.

Seventy people were rescued from the earthquake that struck on Tuesday the body.

Authorities were still trying to identify the dead, police said.

"We still have a list of over 200 people who believe that there is, but we believe that most, if not all of which have been confirmed dead in the list are missing. Only when we verified the identity of someone is dead, we can compare and delete their names missing from the list, "New Zealand Police District Commander Dave Cliff said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the country's government to create a fundraising global - called the earthquake called Christchurch - to help victims

"It 's important to reach as many people as possible around the world who want to help This is not only a tragedy for New Zealand -. Feb. 22 earthquake many people internationally," Prime Minister John Key said in a statement.

Rescue teams and relief have been combing through the buildings damaged in the earthquake Tuesday - reversing the buildings, streets buckling and tearing of the iconic facade of churches like Christ Church Cathedral and the Cathedral of St. Sacrament.

Several aftershocks followed.
a aftershocks since Sept. 4 when a 7.1 earthquake struck the size. No deaths have been the earthquake that struck deeper underground and beyond Christchurch.

Tuesday quake was part of the "sequence of aftershocks" from the September earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey said.