An earthquake near Macquarie Island caused a scare for New Zealand this morning when GeoNet reported it was a 5.3-magnitude shake near Otago.
GeoNet originally said a quake had hit at 9.48am and was centered 30km south-east of Roxburgh, at a depth of 12km.
The shake was rated as 'severe'.
However, it emerged soon after that the quake had actually happened offshore to the south, near Macquarie Island.
EQ reported in Roxburgh is actually far offshore to the south, near Macquarie Island: https://t.co/nOi4zOdZat #eqnz
— GeoNet (@geonet) September 8, 2016