Cluster of quakes shake top of the South Island
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A small cluster of earthquakes have shaken the centre of the country this morning.
Geonet described the first quake as moderate, with a magnitude of 4.3.
It struck at 12.08am and was centred 20km south of Seddon at a depth of 10km.
On the GeoNet website 166 people recorded feeling
the quake in the northeast of the South Island and Wellington.
The second moderate quake struck at 5.11am and measured magnitude 4.4.
