Initial recording by Geonet put the quake at a depth of 28km, west of Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast.

However that has since been revised to a magnitude 4.2 - which caused "light shaking" in the region.

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24 Dec: Four people have been arrested and 22 fined after a convoy of around 200 boy-racers attempted to set up multiple meets in Wellington last night

23 Dec: One week into roadside drug tests being rolled out in Wellington, and only one driver's been pinged so far

22 Dec: Wellington Water crews are responding to a wastewater overflow in Grenada Village which flows to the Porirua Stream

21 Dec: The Wellington Phoenix have picked up their third win of the A-League season after beating the Central Coast Mariners 3-1 at home

21 Dec: Police have arrested a woman, over a recent stabbing at an Allen Street bar in Wellington

21 Dec: Wellington Phoenix gaffer Giancarlo Italiano believes it's the sides with the best balance who will triumph in a congested A-league competition

21 Dec: The northbound on-ramp at Tawa on State Highway 1 is closed in Wellington following a crash this morning

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