Magnitude 4.2 quake hits Taupō, shaking residents awake
By Ben LeahyReporter·NZ Herald·
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Save Taupo residents have been rattled awake by a morning earthquake today. Image / Supplied
An earthquake has hit just 10km from Taupō in the central North Island, shaking and rattling houses.
"That's the strongest I've felt in Taupō," one Facebook user reported this morning.
"Watching TV and everything was shaking. Picture frames fell over and everything rattled. So strong," another user said.
Others described
the quake as scary, while one said: "Damn near rocked me out of bed".
The 4.2 magnitude quake struck at 6.36am today 10km southwest of Taupō at a depth of 5km, the GeoNet monitoring agency reported.