A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has stuck near Ruatōria.

The “strong” quake was recorded at 1.07pm, within 5km of the East Coast settlement at a depth of 9km, according to GeoNet.

As of 1.25pm, 116 people had submitted reports to Geonet indicating they felt the shaking, with 74 rating it “weak”, 33 rating it “light” and nine rating it “moderate”.

The quake follows a series of small quakes along the East Coast over the weekend.

Ruatōria had six small earthquakes from 7.35pm yesterday until 1.39am this morning, ranging from magnitude 2 to 3.4.

Tokomaru Bay had one earthquake on Saturday, of magnitude 3.2 at 4.31am, and one yesterday, of magnitude 2.4 at 4.28am.