The 8.1 magnitude quake was 17-kilometres deep.

Local authorities are currently assessing the possibility of a tsunami.

There's currently no warning for New Zealand.

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15 Dec: A breakthrough win for Alice Robinson in the Super G discipline, eight weeks out from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina

15 Dec: Environment Canterbury's warning of wallaby control work underway between Tekapo and Twizel

14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui

14 Dec: Praise for NZTA for choosing to build a new two lane bridge being built on State Highway 2, in Eastern Bay of Plenty

13 Dec: Fire crews are battling a large blaze on Auckland's North Shore

13 Dec: Freshly caught shellfish are off the Christmas menu in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this year

12 Dec: Tsunami warning for northern Japan called off after magnitude 6.9 earthquake

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