8 Dec 2011

Quake felt in Wellington

10:38 am on 8 December 2011

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt in Wellington on Thursday morning.

It was centred 10km west of Porirua, at 10.16am, at a depth of 30km.

On Saturday, a magnitude 5.7 quake was felt across the city at 7.19pm. It occurred 30km east of Picton, at a depth of 60km.