A 5.7 magnitude quake struck near New Zealand's city of Christchurch Sunday, according to the country's earthquake monitoring service.<br />The quake hit just eight days short of the Feb. 22, 2011 earthquake in the same region, which resulted in nearly 200 deaths and caused billions of dollars of damage.<br />The epicenter was 15 kilometers east of the city at a depth of 15 km, Geonet said.<br />A police spokesman told Reuters there were no reports of damage or major injuries although the tremor did cause "some major rocks to be dislodged into the sea" near Sumner.<br />Civil Defense said there was no tsunami threat to New Zealand.
