That shake measured 4.7 and was 125km north of Te Kaha, 5 kilometres deep.
People reported feeling it on the Coromandel Peninsular and Aotea Great Barrier Island.
Since then there have been at least 10 smaller quakes between 1.1 and 3.7, centred from south-west of Wellington to Masterton, Taupo. Whangamata and te Kaha.
