Seventeen-thousand people have reported feeling the jolt, which is being described by Geonet as 'strong'.

It struck 15 kilometres south-west of Wellington before midnight last night, at a depth of 13 kilometres.

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04 Feb: The victim of a crash on a private driveway in Wellington's Miramar last Friday has passed away

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04 Feb: There's still a large police prescence in a central Hamilton suburb with one person is in a critical condition, following reports of a shooting

04 Feb: A moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the top of the South Island

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