GeoNet reports it occurred just before 7am, at a depth of 18 kilometres - causing moderate shaking.

So far, 69 people have reported feeling the shake through the website.

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02 Dec: Power line tampering has left dozens of properties in Christchurch's Avonside disconnected

02 Dec: Four people remain in hospital including two children, after a crash on State Highway 1, north of Auckland at Wellsford

01 Dec: A crash and subsequent fire in southern Bay of Plenty is blocking State Highway 5

01 Dec: A Swiss man will spend Christmas in New Zealand - ahead of sentencing in January for careless driving causing death in Canterbury's Sheffield last month

01 Dec: One person has died following a crash in Bucklands Crossing, north of Dunedin, on Saturday night

01 Dec: A Coroner has ruled that a woman's death while hunting in Otago two years ago, was a 'terrible accident.'

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