Three cows were left stranded on an island of grass in a paddock near Kaikoura that was ripped apart by the earthquake Newshub via APHundreds of aftershocks, some of them severe, rocked New Zealand today as thousands of workers were ordered to stay home while the authorities assessed widespread damage caused by a 7.5 earthquake on Sunday. At least two people died when the quake struck just after midnight on Sunday, sending people rushing to higher ground as tsunami sirens wailed. By noon today nearly 400 aftershocks had been felt, of which at least six were above magnitude 5 — classed as severe — and 216 above magnitude 4. The initial earthquake caused damage to roads, railway lines, bridges and ports. A mother and child outside their damaged home at Bluff Station near Kaikoura on the South Island's east coast Alex Perrottet/AFP/Radio New Zealand/Getty ImagesKaikoura, a town on the coast of the South Island, close to the centre of the main earthquake, remained cut off by landslides across roads and railway lines…

Source: The Times November 14, 2016 12:00 UTC