'Like a short electric shock' - Magnitude 3.7 quake causes light shaking in Wellington

December 26, 2017

Wellingtonians winding down from a Boxing Day dinner of Christmas leftovers have been given a jolt after a 3.8 magnitude quake tonight.

It struck 10 kilometres south-west of the capital at a depth of 40 kilometres at 7.17pm.

Almost 4,000 people have said on GeoNet that they felt the shaking.

One Twitter user said it felt "like a short electric shock" in Haitaitai.

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