A spate of earthquakes felt in Hawke's Bay over the weekend was among at least nine recorded in the region in the last week.
The latest were five shakes all centred just east of Hastings and at depths of 26-28km depth, from 9.17pm on Friday to 5.18am on Sunday, according to Government seismological agency GeoNet.
While none measured over 4 on the Richter, the most severe at 10.33am on Saturday and measuring 3.9 was felt strongly in some areas, including Napier and Hastings.
It was followed 20 minutes later by a barely-felt tremor with the same origin, measuring 3.0, both being centred 5km east of Hastings.
In between almost 1250 people had logged the quake on the GeoNet website, with two reckoning it felt extreme.