> From the WeatherWatch archives
An earthquake measuring 5.4 has hit 10kms north west of Masterton this afternoon reports WeatherWatch.co.nz.
GeoNet confirmed the quake as being 30kms deep and felt widely across the lower North Island.
GeoNet says minor damage is possible around central Wairarapa.
“Talk about good earthquake weather – just had a good shake 5.4 near Masterton” commented WeatherWatch.co.nz reader Mellisa Nixon. “Felt well here on the Kapiti Coast and the lower north island”.
Bec Adie told WeatherWatch.co.nz that she felt it in Dannevirke and that it felt like it went for “ages”.
Did you feel the quake? Post a comment below
Comments
Before you add a new comment, take note this story was published on 28 Nov 2010.
Latest Video
High pressure moves closer, but wind & showers don’t completely ease for all (+3 Maps)
A south-west to westerly flow covers most of NZ this weekend as high pressure over the Tasman Sea inches a…
Related Articles
High pressure moves closer, but wind & showers don’t completely ease for all (+3 Maps)
A south-west to westerly flow covers most of NZ this weekend as high pressure over the Tasman Sea inches a…
VIDEO: NZ’s 7 Day Rainfall + 3 big northern hemisphere storms
We track the regions most (and least) likely to receive rain over the next week while major storms hit the…
VIDEO: High pressure flirts with NZ, we track the showers & wind
High pressure moves closer to NZ this weekend and brushes northern parts of the country next week. Despite the high…
Add new comment
Guest on 28/11/2010 3:30am
Hi im from masterton i felt this felt like i herd in coming for a while then it hit pretty hard hard shaking wall pic’s moving car alarm went off no damage to anything , we are long overdue a bigger one here in the sunny hot wairarapa!!
Reply