Wellington shaken by afternoon quake
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Save Nearly 9000 people have reported the quake. Photo / Supplied
Wellingtonians were rattled by a 4.8 magnitude quake on Friday afternoon.
The earthquake occurred 5km east of French Pass at 3.32pm, and was 61km deep, reports GeoNet.
Just 20 minutes later, another earthquake struck 10km east of French Pass.
The magnitude 4.1 shake was 54km deep.