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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11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others

11 Feb: Emergency services are looking into the cause of a suspicious house fire in Auckland's Ranui overnight

11 Feb: A person's now died, three days after crashing on State Highway 2 near Wellington

11 Feb: Authorities say it could take up to 15 days to recover the tourist boat that ran aground near Akaroa

10 Feb: A person has died following a two-vehicle crash in Wairoa - while two others remain in a critical condition

10 Feb: One person has died after a crash between a vehicle and a cyclist in Upper Hutt's Trentham

10 Feb: One person is being flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition - after a house fire on a hillside between Eskdale and Bay View in Hawke's Bay

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