A magnitude-4.9 earthquake has occurred in Marlborough, 25km west of Blenheim, just after 10am this morning. Photo / GeoNet
A magnitude-4.9 earthquake has occurred in Marlborough, 25km west of Blenheim, just after 10am this morning. Photo / GeoNet
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake has struck in the upper South Island, with one person describing it as “quick and rough”.
The quake struck at 10.11am and was centred 30km west of Blenheim at a depth of 48 km.
A M4.9 earthquake with light shaking has occurred in Marlborough, 25km west of Blenheim just after 10am this morning. It was 47km deep and felt throughout the Marlborough and Wellington regions. We have received over 4,000 felt reports. For more detail, https://t.co/csFJXRTl9gpic.twitter.com/rCKs8wmh1B
The shaking was classed as ‘light’ and users of the Geonet sitereporting feeling shaking in Nelson, Blenheim, the West Coast and parts of the Wellington region.
The earthquake comes hours before the anniversary of the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake, which struck at 12.51pm and killed 185 people.
