GeoNet reports it occurred just before 7am, at a depth of 18 kilometres - causing moderate shaking.

So far, 69 people have reported feeling the shake through the website.

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03 Jul: Two people are dead, and 43 missing, after a car ferry carrying 65 passengers and crew sank overnight near Indonesia's Bali

03 Jul: Police are investigating serious injuries suffered by a three-month-old Hutt Valley baby

03 Jul: Drivers converging on a 60-metre roundabout being built at the intersection of State Highway One and 29 in central Waikato, can do it faster

03 Jul: A person's died after a truck crash in Tasman District's Wairoa Valley - about 9.40 this morning

03 Jul: People are already leaving their homes at the top of the South Island, as the flood-hit region faces another round of heavy rain

02 Jul: Authorities investigating after father jumps off Disney cruise ship to save daughter who fell overboard

02 Jul: A 34-year-old woman's died, after a two-vehicle crash last Thursday on State Highway Two in Tauranga

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