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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05 Nov: Another six sets of average speed safety cameras are in the works - confirmed a month before the first of an earlier tranche of cameras start ticketing

05 Nov: Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police

04 Nov: State Highway 98 is closed, just north of Invercargill, after a crash

04 Nov: Major company Forest360 Limited is committing to making site roads safer

04 Nov: Explosions have been heard at a scrub fire in in Canterbury's Darfield - which has claimed three structures since flaring into life about 10am

04 Nov: The missing tramper found dead on the West Coast over the weekend, is understood to be a 27-year-old German

04 Nov: Boaties are being asked to extra care in Southland's Riverton

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