A shallow 5.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded near Haast.
GNS says the earthquake struck at 7:38 am on Friday.
It was at a depth of 5km and was centred 40km south-west of Haast.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
31 Aug 2012
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