Second quake shakes southern Hawke's Bay

An earthquake centred near Waipukurau this morning was felt throughout the southern Hawke's Bay and followed a smaller tremor in the area last night.

The quake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit at 5.52am 10km north of Waipukurau at a depth of 20km, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said.

An earthquake measuring 3.7 struck 40km south of Wairoa at 10.11pm last night at a depth of 30km.

- NZPA