Magnitude 4.0 quake hits near Christchurch

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has hit near Christchurch, waking some residents.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has rocked the South Island. Photo: GeoNet

So far 914 people have reported feeling the weak quake on GeoNet, which struck at 6.34am.

GeoNet reported the quake as having a depth of 4km, 30km south of Oxford.

One person wrote on Twitter that the quake woke them up.

That earthquake woke me up.

Weak earthquake (A minute ago)

Tue Jan 21 2020 6:34 AM
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 4 km
30 km south of Oxford
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.#naturalalarm #eqnz #earthquake #chch #christchurch #geonet

— Rawa Karetai (@rawakaretai) January 20, 2020

Chch people feel #eqnz just now?

— Karen (@serenity22) January 20, 2020