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Quakes shake South Island

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 8:52AM
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images

Quakes shake South Island

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 8:52AM

Two earthquakes have shaken people at the top and the bottom of the South Island.

The first and strongest of the quakes - a magnitude 4.8 earthquake at a depth of 14km - struck in Fiordland, 75km west of Te Anau, about 1.30am.

GeoNet describes it as being of strong intensity, but not widely felt, given the remote area.

Ten minutes later, another quake struck in southern Marlborough, about 45km east of St Arnaud in the Nelson Lakes area.

The magnitude 4.6 earthquake was at a depth of 24km and was felt in Wellington and Christchurch.

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