An earthquake has shook the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
The magnitude 4.8 earthquake was located 10km south of Seddon on the South Island and struck at 8.24am local time (6.24am AEDT) at a depth of 9km.
With tremors felt as far north as Palmerston North and as far south as Rakaia, more than 1,200 people reported experiencing the earthquake.
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An Earthquake Has Shook The North And South Islands Of New Zealand
An earthquake has shook the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
The magnitude 4.8 earthquake was located 10km south of Seddon on the South Island and struck at 8.24am local time (6.24am AEDT) at a depth of 9km.
With tremors felt as far north as Palmerston North and as far south as Rakaia, more than 1,200 people reported experiencing the earthquake.
Shakes were reported by residents of Karori and Te Aro in Wellington, as well as Witherlea, Redwoodtown, and Blenheim in Marlborough.
It occurs only a few weeks after an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in western Indonesia, some 620 kilometers off the coast of Sumatra.
On February 7, around 11.30 a.m. local time, the earthquake was detected 10 kilometers below the surface.
Within five hours on January 8, two earthquakes shook Western Australia’s coast earlier in the month.
At 8:44 a.m. on Wednesday, the first 2.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Pilbara region near Port Hedland.
At 1.20 pm, a second 2.8 magnitude tremor was detected off the coast. Marble Bar, 200 kilometers south of Port Hedland, was affected by the aftershocks.