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Witness location : Te Araroa (New Zealand) (101 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 183 min

First I was woken up by a huge rumbling noise, then a strong shaking happened that lasted a solid 10-20 seconds. Got me scared a lot.

Witness location : (New Zealand) (158 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Omg

Witness location : Gisborne (New Zealand) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Shaking enough to grab the kids out of bed and stand under the door

Witness location : Gisborne (New Zealand) (179 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Woke us no damage

Witness location : Whakatane (New Zealand) (220 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Scary, woke with fizzy head just before

Witness location : Tauranga (New Zealand) (284 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Long slow swaying... 30 to 40 secs here in Mt maunganui.. House made a few cracking sounds as it swayed.

Witness location : Tauranga (New Zealand) (291 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Seemed to last a long time, quite steady!

Witness location : Waihi Beach (New Zealand) (311 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 71 min

Long Quake woke lots of people up

Witness location : Whangamata (New Zealand) (315 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Woke me up. A very long swaying shake (I counted at least 10 seconds). Nothing broken. LOTS of very rattled and loud bird life noises now! (in a rural coastal area)

Witness location : Otane (New Zealand) (350 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

It went on for over a minute, it was a very big earthquake

Witness location : Rothesay Bay (New Zealand) (435 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

From Orewa Auckland

Witness location : Rothesay Bay (New Zealand) (436 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Mild movement for 15 seconds

Witness location : Wanganui (New Zealand) (463 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 224 min

It was a good one

Witness location : Otaki (New Zealand) (517 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Im in Otaki north of wellington. It was a slow shake about 30 seconds. The dog noticed but wasnt as overly worried as he has been in previous quakes

Witness location : Petone (New Zealand) (568 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Medium shake that kept rolling for a while.woke us up

Witness location : Ohariu (New Zealand) (573 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Long very slight shaking

Witness location : Wellington (New Zealand) (578 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Wellington (New Zealand) (579 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Prolonged mild tremor

Witness location : Wellington (New Zealand) (580 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Bit of a decent wobble

Witness location : Blenheim (New Zealand) (641 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Was woken up like someone was shaking the bed

Witness location : Blenheim (New Zealand) (647 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 759 min

In Cheviot South island.Was camping in my car woke me up i just remembered. Was a long shake

Witness location : Blenheim (New Zealand) (648 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Quite a reasonable quake. Felt the P waves first for about 5 seconds the increased to a good shake for about 20 seconds. Best one for a while. Bring it on Nature! freaking awesome.

Witness location : Riwaka (New Zealand) (679 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke me up and then kept going for a long time

Witness location : Richmond (New Zealand) (686 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Woke me up from sleeping.

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (879 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Rocked me awake, continued for about 30-40 seconds, different directions, felt like more than just 1 big one more like one on top of another

Witness location : Christchurch (New Zealand) (882 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Long and rolling

Witness location : (New Zealand) (1384 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 184 min

was gentle then got a bit larger,made me get out of bed.was long