9.20pm update: Rotorua has been shaken by a series of at least 11 earthquakes tonight.
The first, at 6.57pm was recorded by Geonet to be a magnitude of 2.3 at a depth of 8km.
It was centred within 5km of Rotorua.
The second was at 7.11pm. It was 2.1 magnitude and 7km deep, also centred within 5km of Rotorua.
There was a third at 7.20pm, it was 2.1 and at a depth of 10km.