'It was like a bus had hit the house': Earthquake hits lower North Island overnight
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit west of Paraparaumu just before 4am.
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Hawkes Bay told: If there's a tsunami threat, don't check Facebook - just get gone
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Subduction zone mystery: do underwater mountains fuel silent earthquakes?
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Another quake-making 'slow slip' event is underway on NZ's East Coast
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Earthquake swarm reveals NZ's hidden magma reservoir
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Warning Wellington's Town Hall could blow out by another $10m
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4.2 shake linked to one of NZ's slowest-ever quakes
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$16m bill for Wellington's Kate Sheppard apartment earthquake repairs
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Quakes, terror attacks: Honours ceremony acknowledges Canterbury cop's work
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Seismic shift: Women presidents for three engineering bodies
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NZ, Greece first to get Google system that turns phones into quake detectors
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Massive 6.2 magnitude quake hits India
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'Light' 4.9 quake rattles South Island
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One of NZ's biggest natural threats: 75% chance of major Alpine Fault quake in next 50 years
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At least 8 dead after earthquake strikes off Java in Indonesia
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Indonesia earthquake kills 8 in Java, jolts Bali
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At least 3000 Canterbury homeowners entitled to part of $300 million insurance payout
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