Looks like quite a lot of people felt that magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Wellington.
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A midnight shake this evening for the lower North Island and upper South Island with a M4.8 quake at 15km depth causing strong shaking. It was widely felt and we have received over 17,000 felt reports. For more info
The National Emergency Management Agency is closely monitoring the impacts for New Zealand from the global IT outages.
It is likely that banking systems, communications and transport (particularly air travel) will experience disruption.
More soon.
A bit of a shaky end to Kings Birthday Weekend.
Looks like quite a few people felt the earthquake near Porirua.
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An evening shake for those in the Wellington region from a M4.1 earthquake with moderate shaking
occurring at 10:05pm. It was located 10km north-west of Porirua and we received over 13,000 felt reports
The nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system is tonight, between 6-7pm!
It’s also a timely reminder that we can’t predict when an emergency, but we can prepare . Kōrero with your whānau and flatmates about your emergency plans.
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Looks like quite a lot of people felt that M4.7 earthquake near Upper Hutt.
Earthquakes can occur anywhere at any time. Remember Drop, Cover and Hold is the right action to take in an earthquake.
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An early shake awake for those in the lower North Island this morning with a M4.7 earthquake 5km north of Upper Hutt. The moderate quake was 23km deep and we received over 10,000 felt reports.
The state of local emergency declared for parts of Canterbury on 14 February was lifted at 1pm on 21 February as the Port Hills Fire response moves into a local transition period to support the community in recovery.
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A state of local emergency has been declared for the Christchurch City Council and Selwyn District Council due to the Port Hills fire. For local updates go to Canterbury Fire and Emergency