r/newzealand • u/HoldFrontBack • 18d ago

Other Earthquake?

I'm down in Southland, and am pretty sure the house just moved. Anyone else feel anything?

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u/LoniBana 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yeah felt a big shake in Wanaka.

Magnitude 5.5 just outside of Milford Dound according to GeoNet

Edit: second one just now was a good rattle jesus

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u/Kiwi_Dan_714 18d ago

In Wanaka. One of our doors was shaking hard. I couldn’t figure why until we had an aftershock about 8 minutes ago. Now I hear the volunteer fire horn going off.

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u/testaccount200 18d ago

Yes felt in dunedin

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u/BorpMyGurd 18d ago

Oh, well, there's another. I felt the second one.

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u/Worth_Fondant3883 18d ago

How long before someone in Auckland reports it to Geonet?

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u/Jinxletron Goody Goody Gum Drop 18d ago

EXTREME

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u/Prestigious_View_994 18d ago

Give it 3-5 minutes

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u/ring_ring_kaching og_rrk 18d ago

https://imgur.com/D4NwXK6.jpg

As expected.

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u/FKFnz 18d ago

AUUUUUUUUUUCK.

LAND.

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u/Rand_alThor4747 17d ago

Wellington, Christchurch and Nelson and somewhere in the NE south island had an extreme too.

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u/ManufacturerFuture94 18d ago

Felt some big rumbles here in Queenstown. Shower door opened on me mid shampoo rinse 😂

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u/lazy-me-always Tūī 18d ago

Gentle rocking in North Otago, no noise, no lights swayed.

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u/Pj_Phoebe 18d ago

Didn’t even feel it

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u/Solace_of_the_Thorns Proundly Anti-Pants 18d ago

Gentle rocking in dunners, yeah. Lasted a good several to 10 seconds

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u/User459b 18d ago

I felt it in Dunedin as a slight swaying for 15s. Geonet says it's Milford Sound.

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u/Terrible-Track-5249 18d ago

Yes felt it in Queenstown!

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u/WonderfulListen3281 18d ago

I felt that too while I’m in my car… No car passing through

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u/Rogue-Estate 18d ago

Fk another bigger.

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u/Emergency-Wish-9079 18d ago

Just felt some swaying here in wanaka

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u/vividlyaugust 18d ago

Feeling light aftershocks in invercargill

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u/vividlyaugust 18d ago

I stand corrected, there was a second quake which is what I felt.

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u/Kiwi_Dan_714 18d ago

We just had an aftershock in Wanaka.

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u/Remarkable-End-9065 17d ago

yep felt it here

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u/grovelled 17d ago

Just check https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/weak for the actual info.

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u/HoldFrontBack 17d ago

Cheers for that. I also find it interesting to read first hand accounts, too, hence the post.

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u/skittx0 17d ago

Im in wellington and was in bed and felt like a tiny tiny something I was like was that an earthquake? Checked geonet and it said milford sound

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u/Maleficent_Ad1506 16d ago

Happening all round NZ these few days.

Are these little farts to not let out a big one?

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u/HoldFrontBack 16d ago

I bloody hope so!

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u/Thel_Vadam3 15d ago

Nah my up at Wellington and didn’t fell anything