Local residents Chris and Viv Young look at damage caused by an earthquake along State Highway One, south of Blenheim. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Belongings that were dislodged from a cabinet due to an earthquake lay across the floor in a home in Wellington. REUTERS/Sharon Fisher
A slip at Ohau Point on State Highway 1 near Kaikoura. Photo by NZTA
A fractured road caused by an earthquake stops vehicle access 70km south of Blenheim. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
A truck drives over the fractured road caused by an earthquake south of the town of Ward. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Local residents Chris and Viv Young look at damage caused by an earthquake along State Highway One, south of Blenheim. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Oaro on State Highway 1. Photo by NZTA
A powerful earthquake and hundreds of strong aftershocks have rocked New Zealand, killing at least two people and prompting a tsunami warning that sent thousands fleeing to higher ground.