This morning's earthquakes in the Bay of Plenty damaged a Pukehina family home.
Four shallow earthquakes struck the area this morning, the largest a magnitude 4.4, GNS Science reported.
The latest, a magnitude 2.9, struck at 7.16am, 10km northwest of Matata, at a depth of 3km.
One minute earlier, a magnitude 3.2 hit the same area, at a depth of only 1km.
The largest quake struck at 7.11am, near Pikowai, 20km northwest of Matata, at a depth of 3km.