Another tremor jolts Wellington region

The Wellington region was jolted again tonight by another earthquake.

The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said the tremor rated 4.2 on the Richter scale and was centred within 5km of Upper Hutt at a depth of 30km.

Tonight's quake was recorded at 9.14pm.

GNS described it as an aftershock of the 5.5 magnitude quake that hit Upper Hutt yesterday morning.

Today's earthquake and yesterday's follow a flurry of seismic activity in the lower North Island on Tuesday when 10 earthquakes were recorded over a 10-hour period.

- NZPA