Wellingtonians were shaken by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake just before 5am today.
GeoNet said the quake occurred at 4.57am and recorded the epicentre as 5km west of Upper Hutt at a depth of 26 kilometres classifying it as a moderate quake.
On its website by 7am, more than 7600 people had reported feeling the quake.
There was a 4.5 magnitude jolt in the same region at 1.10am on 31 December.
An early Saturday shake for those in the Wellington region with an M4.2 earthquake occurring at a depth of 29km. It was felt across the lower North Island and we have received 6500 felt reports. For more detail, see https://t.co/6CLueMybWL pic.twitter.com/IlsexH9zTo
— GeoNet (@geonet) January 1, 2021
