A former Wellington woman who had moved with her family to Canterbury in New Zealand with her husband who is vet said her family was quite frightened by the 6.4 magnitude earthquake which shook the region.
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Emily Bloomfield told her mother Carol White in Wellington, NSW ‘’ It shook our beds and we were quite frightened. Our house is very strong and solid and after it we moved on and I took the children to swimming lessons’’
The quake is the second biggest since the deadly February 2011 quake.
According to GeoNet, the earthquake on New Zealand's South Island was located 35km north of Methven at 6.48 am. It was 10km deep and has been identified as "severe" by GeoNet.
It was then followed by a string of aftershocks in the area ranging in magnitude from 3.2 to 4.2 at 7am, all less than 11km deep.
The area had been rocked by two powerful earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 which destroyed scores of buildings. The 2011 quake left 185 dead.
On Tuesday morning West Coast and Darfield police staff were on their way to Arthur's Pass as a precaution, said a spokesman.
He said police had not received any reports of damage or injury across Canterbury and the West Coast.
Local reader Danyal Taylor is staying in Castle Hill, about 15km from the epicentre. She had no damage. "We were in bed when it happened and it lasted for about 15-20 seconds."
Of nearly 2000 "felt reports" recorded on GeoNet's website only a handful recorded the intensity as "strong".
