A strong earthquake centred near Taihape has been widely felt around the North Island.
On GeoNet more than 2400 people have reported feeling the 5.4 earthquake, that was centred 35km north-east of Taihape at a depth of 39 kilometres.
It struck at 6:42 last night.
The GNS duty seismologist John Ristau said given the depth of the earthquake it's unlikely there'd be any significant aftershocks to come.
"Typically at this depth there's not as many aftershocks."