5.8 quake felt across all of NZ
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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across New Zealand |
A strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the entire country on Thursday evening.
It struck at 9.07pm, and was centred 30km north-east of French Pass at a depth of 51km, GNS Science said.
They said it was located at latitude -40.81 (± 4.1 km) and longitude 174.20 (± 3.4 km) in the French Pass.
Some 44548 people reported feeling the quake – residents from across the country, including the far north, Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson, Richmond, Motueka, Golden Bay, Wairarapa, Christchurch, Dunedin and further south.
One Richmond resident felt a very sharp jolt to the whole house.
Pigeon Post News
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