Sunday earthquakes shake central New Zealand
Two strong earthquakes shook central New Zealand on Sunday, 6 October, starting with an early morning M5.7 in the Cook Strait that was reported felt by over 37,000 people. The day finished with another strong quake, this time a M4.8 earthquake in Pōrangahau at 11:19PM.
Sunday mornings M5.7 earthquake(external link) was located 25km west of Wellington, and felt along the top of the South Island and through the lower the North Island. So far, we have located five aftershocks from this event, the largest being a widely felt M3.8 on Monday 7 October(external link).
Later, that Sunday evening we received over 2,000 felt reports for a M4.8 Pōrangahau earthquake(external link), and so far, we have recorded 27 earthquakes in the area following this. The largest a M3.7 on Tuesday 8 October(external link).
