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Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon

27 January 2026

The light quake struck 45 km north-west of Levin, at a depth of 5 kilometres just before 2pm.

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Other Lower North Island News

04 Feb: Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed a fatal assault outside a Napier nightclub, to come forward

03 Feb: Police have launched an investigation after a body was found at a work site in Omahu near Hastings

03 Feb: Communities around Hawke's Bay are commemorating 95 years since the 1931 earthquake

02 Feb: Napier Police have stood cordons down on Nuffield Avenue in Marewa, after a person was allegedly seen with a gun

02 Feb: Humidity in Auckland has hit 93 percent - and MetService says temperatures in the Super City are not expected to drop much lower than 29 degrees as the day goes on

01 Feb: A man's in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital after he was assaulted outside a night club in Napier early this morning

29 Jan: A notorious mass murderer has been denied parole for the 17th time

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