23 Oct 2015

Strong quake judders Gisborne

6:25 am on 23 October 2015

A strong earthquake has been felt around the Gisborne region this morning.

A GeoNet map showing the quake's location

A GeoNet map showing the quake's location Photo: GeoNet screenshot

The magnitude 4.5 quake, just after 5am, was centred 20 kilometres north-west of Tolaga Bay, and was 15 kilometres deep.

It follows another strong, shallow quake in the Wellington region late at 10:45pm last night.

That quake was of magnitude 4.4, at a depth of just 6 kilometres, and had its epicentre 30 kilometres east of the capital. It was also felt throughout the central North Island.