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.
— Rawa Karetai (@rawakaretai) January 20, 2020
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
Chch people feel #eqnz just now?
— Karen (@serenity22) January 20, 2020
