Central New Zealand shaken by strong quake, no injuries


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Jan 2014

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Central New Zealand, including the capital Wellington, was shaken by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Monday, but there were no reports of injuries, and damage was mostly superficial.

The minute-long, rolling quake was centred in the mainly rural Wairarapa region about 120 kilometres north east of Wellington, at a depth of 50 kms, government seismologists at GNS Science said.

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