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Late night earthquake of 5.1-magnitude strikes near Greymouth ...

Late night earthquake of 51magnitude strikes near Greymouth
"Heard it coming big time."

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An earthquake of 5.1-magnitude struck the South Island's West Coast on Saturday night, GeoNet says. 

The quake, which struck 5km northwest of Greymouth just before 11:40pm, was at a depth of 5km and caused "strong" shaking, GeoNet added. It was originally registered as magnitude-4.4 but later upgraded.

"Loud! Not too wobbly but heard it coming big time," one person said of the quake on X. 

"Bumpy ride," another wrote.

A short time later, at 1:20am, the same area was struck by a "light" 3.9-magnitude quake. 

Newshub.

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