SunLive – 5.1-magnitude earthquake strikes near Te Aroha

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the North Island at 5.39 am.

The strong earthquake had a depth of 6 km and was located 5 km south of Te Aroha.

Within five minutes, more than 20,000 people on Geonet reported feeling the quake, with nearly 10,000 reports recording “felt” as “light.”

Geonet shows that the earthquake was felt in the Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Taranaki regions.

The earthquake woke people across Tauranga.

“Nothing quite like rocking and rocking awake… Wow! The whole house was shaking for several seconds,” says a resident of Puretta. “Very severe and persistent. I haven’t felt anything like this since the aftershocks in Christchurch in 2011. Very disturbing.”

A resident of Mount Maunganui who was awakened by the quake said the sudden motion shook and swayed their two-story apartment on Commons Avenue.

“It was a sudden violent shaking as the whole apartment rocked rapidly back and forth four or five times. It lasted a few seconds before stopping. I just woke up.”

Minden resident Diana Durant says their brick house shook.

“It woke me up with the movement and the rattle,” says Diana.

Nearby in Te Puna, Corinne Elvin also said they felt the earthquake.

“We live in Katikati and we felt an earthquake that was so big, we felt the shock like a wave and then a full shaking for about a minute!” says Teyla Paul.

Did you feel the earthquake or have property damage?

Email us at [email protected] or phone 0800SUNLIVE.

Geonet image shows where the earthquake was felt.

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