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Witness location : Otaki (New Zealand) (45 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Big rumble at start then room twisted. Old deaf dog went crazy barking. Van in driveway rocking east west

Witness location : Waikanae (New Zealand) (46 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Tremblement, secousses, bruit important.

Witness location : Waikanae (New Zealand) (48 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 161 min

Felt a vibration then the shaking started, P wave first then the S wave hit with more intensity, lasted a fair while. 50km away no damage. Geonet say it was a 6.3 and I agree been through 5.8s and a couple of 6's same area and this was a 6+ for sure

Witness location : Foxton (New Zealand) (60 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Shook for 45 seconds

Witness location : Porirua (New Zealand) (60 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Knocked half the pictures off the wall. Porirua.

Witness location : Porirua (New Zealand) (60 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Lasted for 30 seconds ,2 large shake's

Witness location : Lower Hutt (New Zealand) (67 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Spooky

Witness location : Upper Hutt (New Zealand) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 97 min

Good 30second shake here in the hutt. Few things fell off the shelf

Witness location : Lower Hutt (New Zealand) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 763 min

We felt it. Started off slow with a rattle as if a train was coming by. (But we don't live near one) and the rumbling got louder. Furniture didn't shake off the tables and no damage to the house.

Witness location : Upper Hutt (New Zealand) (69 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

No rumble, just started shaking, went for a good minute.

Witness location : Wellington (New Zealand) (71 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Felt it well, long shake, windows rattling

Witness location : Lower Hutt (New Zealand) (71 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

Had 1st shake that was a good shove and the a 2nd rolling wave for a while that peaked midway

Witness location : Brooklyn (New Zealand) (78 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 67 min

The glass was rattling and it sounded like a train

Witness location : Bulls (New Zealand) (82 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Was registered as a 6.1 here, and it felt like it.

Witness location : Palmerston North (New Zealand) (88 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Started small then increased. Unusual, usually just get mild

Witness location : Whanganui (New Zealand) (89 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Good one

Witness location : Palmerston North (New Zealand) (91 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It felt and sounded like a slow locomotive rumbling nearby. But then I realized the trains are too far away. When I stood up the whole building was swaying for about a minute.

Witness location : Carterton (New Zealand) (92 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 136 min

Felt lightly sitting in chair. Another person walking in the room didn’t notice it

Witness location : Ocean Beach (New Zealand) (92 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt bed shaking and walls moving

Witness location : Anakiwa (New Zealand) (93 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 72 min

Decent shake for 10 seconds

Witness location : Blenheim (New Zealand) (112 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Felt like house moving side to side. Seemed to last a while getting stronger then stopped. Could hear things moving

Witness location : Hawera (New Zealand) (118 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

I live in Hawera, Taranaki. Decent shaking here, not just a quick one, 20 seconds at least for the main shake.

Witness location : Hawera (New Zealand) (120 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3079 min

Was recorded in New Zealand as a 6

Witness location : Nelson (New Zealand) (133 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 174 min

Was a good one, got the adrenaline going. House creaked & popped but nothing fell or moved much

Witness location : Nelson (New Zealand) (136 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 220 min

Very strong and long in , Nelson

Witness location : Marahau (New Zealand) (142 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Strange noise and holding onto door could feel it shaking.

Witness location : Takaka (New Zealand) (158 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Takaka golden bay

Witness location : New Plymouth (New Zealand) (179 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

A good shake.

Witness location : New Plymouth (New Zealand) (179 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Long shaking before it hit.

Witness location : Kaiapoi (New Zealand) (346 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Long very gentle rolling

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (356 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

My daughters was round the corner and felt it in queenspark but we didnt in north brighton

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (358 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Sitting in my bed, crystal lamp and bed moving for about 25sec

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (362 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt the house wobbling for about a minute in Christchurch

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (365 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Light Shaking here in Christchurch, was talking to a friend online who is near epicenter so I waited for it to come