Many living in the North Island were shaken awake during a powerful earthquake off New Zealand's east coast overnight, including a Lower Hutt man who caught the moment on his security camera.
Saeran Maniparathy told 1 NEWS the magnitude 7.3 earthquake at about 2.30am today — the first of multiple today — lasted “for quite a while”.
“It’s definitely one of the longest earthquakes I’d experienced.”
Maniparathy said the last time he’d experienced something similar was the magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in 2016.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit off the east coast of the North Island around 2.27am today, followed by a 7.4 and 8.1 near the Kermadec Islands at 6.41am and 8.28am respectively.
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