Southland has been rocked by a quake similar to one which struck the area on Wednesday.
The tremor which measured 4.9 on the Richter scale happened at 8.55am, 150km west of Tuatapere and at a depth of 5km, according to GNS Science.
Wednesday's quake was magnitude 5.2, and hit 120km
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