Violent earthquakes tear apart East Coast beach

  • 02/09/2016
The cracks on the beach (Ali Rewi/Facebook)
The cracks on the beach (Ali Rewi/Facebook)

An East Coast beach has been torn apart by a violent series of earthquakes on Friday.

The beach at Rangitukia was first hit by a 7.1 quake, followed by over 100 aftershocks measuring 3.0 or above.

The footage captures the aftermath of the powerful shocks - the sand ripped apart with long fault lines.

Newshub.