At 9.15pm last night a 5.5 richter magnitude quake centered 60km South of Patea was felt in Wellington.
The quake had a focal depth of 145 km and was felt for just a couple of seconds in Karori. The quake follows unusual
activity at White Island and a series of quakes in the Wairarapa and Marlborough Sounds.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the
media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.