A small earthquake in Cook Strait overnight was felt widely in the Wellington region and parts of Marlborough.
The magnitude 4.1 quake took place about 2.31am, 15km west of Wellington at a depth of 31km.
It was felt most strongly in central Wellington and as far north as Paraparaumu and Masterton, with scattered reports near Picton and Blenheim.
The earthquake came just a few hours after the Ministry of Civil Defence tested a new mobile phone warning system for natural disasters.
More than 2000 people reported feeling it on the GeoNet website.
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