The death toll in New Zealand’s quake reached 113 with 228 people missing, Associated Press reports referring to Police superintendent David Cliff.

Earlier RIA Novosti reported of 102 killed and 226 missing.

On February 22, a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch at lunchtime Tuesday with the epicenter at the depth of 5 km. As a result of an earthquake 30 million-tone of ice broke off from the Tasman Glacier, New Zealand’s longest glacier situated 250 km far from the city of Christchurch.