There's been a strong earthquake in Canterbury this morning, which struck just after 9am.
Reports of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, centred about 45 kilometres north of Geraldine, was ten kilometres deep and caused strong shaking.
Thousands of reports are coming into GeoNet's website - as well as into our text line this morning.
Among them Scott Shannon, deputy mayor of Timaru and a John, a Pleasant Point resident.