Powerful 7.8--magnitude earth quake rocks South Island (New Zealand)

Powerful earthquakes New Zealand's Monday - Vibrating a tsunami and sending aftershocks across the country that left at least 2 dead, Governmnt said it...... The 1st event, 7.8-magnitude earthquake, struck after midnight Monday near the coastal community of Kaikoura (New Zealand), some Ninty Five kilometers (Fifty Six miles) northeast of the city of Christchurch-- US Geological Survey reported by -----.