The magnitude-7.8 quake that struck New Zealand’s South Island on Sunday left two people dead and triggered a small tsunami. It also brought down rocks and mud that swept across highways and cracked apart roads.
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Three cows are trapped on an island of grass in a paddock that had been ripped apart by the earthquake near Kaikoura. Newshub via AP -
The picture shows earthquake damage on State Highway One, north of Kaikoura. Mark Mitchell / Pool Photo via AP -
The damaged walls of a church in Waiau, 120km north of Christchurch. Mike Scott / New Zealand Herald via AP -
The Waiau Lodge Hotel shows damage in the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Matias Delacroix / Getty Images -
A freight train is seen trapped by landslides in the area north of Kaikoura. Mark Mitchell / New Zealand Herald Pool Photo via AP -
Earthquake damage on State Highway One near Ohau Point on the South Island’s east coast. Mark Mitchell / New Zealand Herald Pool Photo via AP -
Landslides block a tunnel on State Highway One. David Alexander / SNPA via AP -
Landslides block State Highway One near Kaikoura. Courtesy of Royal New Zealand Defence Force / Handout via Reuters
New Zealand countryside ripped apart by powerful earthquake — in pictures
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