7.0 quake in New Zealand

Quake shakes NZ but no damage reported

The major earthquake off the south Taranaki coast was the largest to hit the North Island for some time, a seismologist says

Radio New Zealand,

4 June, 2012

GeoNet says the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck at 10.36pm on Tuesday. It was centred out to sea, 60 km south of Opunake and 170 km northwest of Wellington.

The quake was felt from Napier to Dunedin, but there have been no reports of damage.

Residents in the North Island have described it as a long rumbling sensation and a jolt, followed by more rolling.

A magnitude 4.6 aftershock occurred in the same area at 10.45pm, centred 70 km south of Opunake and 160 km north-west of Wellington.

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