As she lay in the hospital bed, bracing for emergency surgery, Kim Haugh was already petrified. And then the shaking began.

Five years after a shallow, savage earthquake flattened Christchurch, the story of its central business district is a "tale of two cities".

A crowd is gathering at Cathedral Square in Christchurch, ahead of a march to vent frustration at earthquake insurance problems.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck near Mt Cook this morning.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake centred 10km west of Christchurch has shaken a city still reeling from a larger quake last Sunday.

Five years after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in his city of birth, Phil Taylor went back to see how those he met had fared.

They live in a modest "as-is-where-is" place bought with an EQC payment and borrowings but it is not the family home Annette Thomson imagined.

The 17km-deep magnitude 3.8 quake struck 10km east of Christchurch at 8.22pm. More than 500 felt reports have already been submitted to GeoNet.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has rocked Southland this morning 70km southwest of Tuatapere.

Twenty three people reported feeling the magnitude 6.0 quake which struck 160km southwest of Snares Islands at 8.28am.

Rocks fell from cliffs not far from houses in Sumner and Redcliffs in the 5.7 aftershock but one expert said the most significant damage would be psychological.

Christchurch resident Diane Mawhinney has described the latest blow to her already written-off house as a "kick in the guts".

Nearly 500 insurance claims have been made to the Earthquake Commission since yesterday's violent earthquake in Canterbury.

Source: Jared Waddams, Helicam Pro

Road workers fear there could be more hidden dangers below the unstable surface on a busy Christchurch road.

A montage of Valentine's Day earthquake footage. Drone video supplied by YeahNah Productions.

Geologist Andy Winneke was sailing his 20ft yacht off the Christchurch coast when he felt a vibration under the boat.

This morning, Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel will meet with GNS Science experts to hear about the latest aftershocks.

Valentine Day's rumble jolts Christchurch ahead of anniversary of deadly 2011 earthquake.

Inspections around the Canterbury region will see exactly how much damage has been done in the wake of yet another strong quake.

Becky Gane lost her husband in the 2011 quake. Yesterday's shake took her straight back to that day.

A Christchurch lifeguard could only watch in horror as a cliff began to collapse just above the youngsters he was supervising - including his son.

Violent shaking caught on camera as the 5.7 earthquake struck Christchurch today at 1:13pm.

Christchurch has been shaken by a 5.7 magnitude magnitude quake at 1.13pm this afternoon. The severe quake was centred 15km east of the city and was felt as far north as Wellington.