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.With communications cut off, emergency response teams were flying by helicopter to the region at the epicentre of the magnitude-7.5 quake, about 90 kilometres north-east of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.More in this report by Dimitris Theofanis
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.With communications cut off, emergency response teams were flying by helicopter to the region at the epicentre of the magnitude-7.5 quake, about 90 kilometres north-east of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.More in this report by Dimitris Theofanis
