New Zealand earthquakes

New Zealand was shaken by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Wellington, with tens of thousands feeling the tremors. The quake began with a large jolt, ...

5 min ago (local time 19:38:07). 78 km NW of Lower Hutt (New Zealand) The quake began with a large jolt, followed by at least 30 seconds of moderate shaking, described by some as "massive" and "scary."

The temblor hit the Cook Strait off the coast of the capital Wellington at 7:38 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said, adding it was at a depth of 46 ...

The temblor hit the Cook Strait off the coast of the capital Wellington at 7:38 p.m. [declared](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/02/14/New-Zealand-Cyclone-State-Of-Emergency-Declared/4541676374477/) a National State of Emergency for only the third time in its history. [said](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jp1g/executive), adding it was at a depth of 46 miles. local time, the U.S. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/geonet/status/1625752678759567360?s=20&t=KBPmMYxAKf3rAATP6CxYLA). 15 (UPI) -- A strong earthquake shook northern New Zealand on Wednesday night, with tens of thousands of people on both of its main islands reporting having felt the natural phenomenon.

Government seismic monitor Geonet said earthquake measured magnitude 6.1, while USGS placed it slightly lower at 5.7. Witnesses in Wellington, on the southern ...

[New Zealnd responds to a cyclone - the South Pacific nation’s most destructive weather event in decades - that this week left four people dead](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-chris-hipkins-b1060107.html). [prompted the New Zealand government to declare a state of national emergency for only the third time in history](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-chris-hipkins-b1060107.html), as residents were forced to swim to safety and some had to be rescued from rooftops. An earthquake in Christchurch on the South Island in 2011 killed 185 people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. [A firefighter who studied in London has been named among those killed](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/new-zealand-cyclone-gabrielle-auckland-death-toll-firefighter-dave-van-zwanenberg-b1060415.html) in the cyclone, which struck the country’s north on Monday. [earthquake](/topic/earthquake) struck near [New Zealand](/topic/new-zealand)’s capital [Wellington](/topic/wellington) on Wednesday, as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding following a [cyclone](/topic/cyclone). The quake struck under the Cook Strait that separates the North and South islands at a depth of 74km (50 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

6.1 earthquake shook New Zealand with an epicenter in northwest Paraparaumu. Tremors were felt in Levin, Porirua, French Pass, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, ...

New Zealand Civil Defense, in a Facebook post, confirmed that a magnitude of 6.0 occurred within the country that was 57 km deep. The earthquake struck at 7.38 pm at a depth of 76km. Many explained that the earthquake was an experience more of "rolling" than "jolting." The 6.1 earthquake comes after a “moderate” 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Gisborne during the onslaught of Cyclone Gabrielle on Monday night. A resident in New Zealand has taken to their Twitter handle to share visuals of the 6.1 earthquake that struck on Wednesday and had its epicenter in Cook Strait. Von Möller on Twitter said that he was informed about the Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake in New Zealand. The cyclone caused landslides and ocean swells, destroying scores of homes and infrastructure in the north of New Zealand. Some residents took to their Twitter handle to say that the quake was the "loudest, strongest, scariest" that they felt in several years. 6.1 magnitude earthquake “caused a long and strong shake felt widely across the North Island and Marlborough region," said GeoNet. The second earthquake was detected on the seismic data of GeoNet within an hour of the first. New Zealand MP, Angelo von Möller, on Wednesday expressed concern about the safety of the New Zealanders as the 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck just weeks after the country was hit by deadly floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. As many as 61 thousand reports of feeling the jolts were registered by New Zealanders with different agencies.

On February 15, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit New Zealand and lasted for around 30 seconds. It was felt on both major New Zealand islands.

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More than 60,000 people reported feeling the quake with the official GeoNet site, including in Auckland and Christchurch. One resident of the Garden City ...

One resident of the Garden City described it as a rolling sensation as opposed to “jolty”. It classed the shaking as strong. That quake struck 25km west of the city at a depth of 25km at 7.45pm and was felt by at least 1154 people, some as far as Taupō. ZB’s Nick James, also in the capital, said it “shook all the items in my flat quite badly — swayed my apartment building from side to side for a good 30 seconds”. ”The family dog was more interested in the food on our dinner plates as we scarpered to the doorway.” More than 60,000 people reported feeling the quake that hit near Wellington at 7.38pm with some reporting it as “massive” and “scary”.