Auckland
rattled by earthquakes
TVNZ,
17
March, 2013
Auckland
has been rattled by two earthquakes this afternoon.
The
biggest, a magnitude 3.9 earthquake, struck at 4.05pm at a depth of
6km.
A
magnitude 3.1 hit five minutes earlier and was 4km deep.
Both
were centred under Motutapu Island, near Rangitoto Island, in
Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.
Twitter
has been flooded with responses to the shake, with people describing
the shock of feeling an earthquake in Auckland.
Ellie-May
Seymour tweeted: "Ok just had a heart attack. There was an
earthquake in Auckland."
Lily
De Felice said: "Woah earthquake my bed just moved halfway
across my bedroom floor."
Some
superficial damage has been reported
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