By A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has hit New Zealand’s South Island.
The shudder struck at a depth of 30 kilometres soon after 4 pm local time today and was felt from Kaitaia to Dunedin, with individuals close to the focal point feeling a massive shock.
Its focal point is believed to be around 30km southwest of Seddon, in South Marlborough.
Seddon inhabitants Terry and Karen Renner said they heard the earthquake before they felt it.
There were no prompt harms or damages reported.
“We got somewhat of an alarm. We were outside, standing out at the back and we heard a massive bang,” Ms Renner said.
“We have a major shed up the back and that truly shook. We checked out the truck and it was rocking and rolling.” In any case, nothing had been broken, she said.
She was hanging tight for post-quake tremors however hadn’t seen any.
“The TV is as yet standing, so all is great.”
The Renner’s have survived lots of earthquakes, with Seddon being on a fault line that ran up the Awatere Valley.
That included the 2013 Seddon earthquake and the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, both causing damage to the house that required fixes.
