A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaikōura_earthquake" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2016 Kaikōura earthquake">magnitude 7.8 earthquake</a> strikes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikōura" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kaikōura">Kaikōura</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, at a depth of 15<span id="mwATU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.