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A moderate earthquake rolled through Southland over night, and was felt as far north as Auckland.
GeoNet recorded the earthquake as magnitude 5.5 and centred 78 kilometres deep 10 kilometres west of Te Anau.
The earthquake struck at 12:40am.
More than a thousand reports were logged on the GeoNet website of people feeling the earthquake. Most reported were from the South Island in Southland, Otago and Canterbury.
However one person in Auckland and two in Waikato claimed to have felt the quake.
Two light earthquakes struck the lower North Island this morning.
GeoNet recorded the first as a magnitude 4.2 earthquake, 67 kilometres deep and 15 kilometres south-east of Masterton.
GeoNet recorded the quake at 6.11am.
Shortly after, at 6.16am, a magnitude 3.1 quake struck 26 kilometres deep, 10 kilometres north-west of Masterton.
The first earthquake was classified as light and the second as weak.
Some reports were logged with the GeoNet website from people in the lower North Island who felt the quakes.
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