Quake hits West Coast

The West Coast was shaken by two earthquakes this morning.

The quakes, in the Lord Howe Rise region about 100km northwest of Ross, both happened at 6.32am.

The first, at a magnitude of 5.0, struck at a depth of 12km, and the second, a 4.8 magnitude, at a depth of 90km.

GNS Science said the earthquakes were possibly felt throughout the South Island.

- NZPA