GeoNet says the moderate quake had a depth of 24 kilometres, striking shortly after 9pm.

People have told our newsroom the shaking went on for some time, rattling windows and glassware.

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Other Accident and Emergency News

07 Nov: School children are shaken-up after their bus was involved in a fatal crash with a car in Rotorua's Owhata last night

07 Nov: A large shed is ablaze just north of Christchurch - after a fire started in a hedge line in Ohoka, about 9.30am

07 Nov: Power has been restored to the Far North but residents are being asked to continue to conserve power today

07 Nov: Two off-license premises in the Central North Island town of Taihape have been caught selling alcohol to underage volunteers

07 Nov: Wellingtonians have reported being jolted in their sofas and beds last night - by a sharp 4.9 magnitude earthquake

06 Nov: A man's in hospital with serious injuries after an assault in his Opotiki home in the Bay of Plenty, early this morning

06 Nov: Fireworks are believed to have started a large vegetation fire in Dunedin

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