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A small earthquake shook the lower North Island Saturday afternoon.
The magnitude 4.6 quake at 2.58pm was located 40km west of Porirua at a depth of 33km, according to GeoNet.
Multiple users reported feeling it on social media, but GeoNet described the shaking as "light".
Yuck, that earthquake was like a truck hitting the house. #eqnz
— C_NZ_ (@C_NZ_) March 16, 2024
First #eqnz felt in quite awhile. A sequence of two distinct shakes in central Wellington.
— Kevin Sweeney (@kjsgeo) March 16, 2024
Nearly 10,000 people listed on GeoNet as having felt the quake.
