A shallow earthquake jolted Southland residents from sleep today.
The 4.5 magnitude tremor hit 40km west of Tuatapere at 6.21am, GNS Science reported.
The quake, which was described as strong by GNS, was 5km deep.
Shallow quake in Southland
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