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34 testimonies
Otaki (New Zealand)
45 km E from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
Big rumble at start then room twisted. Old deaf dog went crazy barking. Van in driveway rocking east west+19
Waikanae (New Zealand)
46 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 35 min
Tremblement, secousses, bruit important.+1
Waikanae (New Zealand)
48 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 161 min
Felt a vibration then the shaking started, P wave first then the S wave hit with more intensity, lasted a fair while. 50km away no damage. Geonet say it was a 6.3 and I agree been through 5.8s and a couple of 6's same area and this was a 6+ for sure+2
Foxton (New Zealand)
60 km E from epicenter
T0 + 39 min
Shook for 45 seconds+1
Porirua (New Zealand)
60 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 6 min
Knocked half the pictures off the wall. Porirua.+1
Porirua (New Zealand)
60 km S from epicenter
T0 + 3 min
Lasted for 30 seconds ,2 large shake's+7
Lower Hutt (New Zealand)
67 km S from epicenter
T0 + 44 min
Spooky+5
Upper Hutt (New Zealand)
69 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 97 min
Good 30second shake here in the hutt. Few things fell off the shelf-1
Lower Hutt (New Zealand)
69 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 763 min
We felt it. Started off slow with a rattle as if a train was coming by. (But we don't live near one) and the rumbling got louder. Furniture didn't shake off the tables and no damage to the house.0
Upper Hutt (New Zealand)
69 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 5 min
No rumble, just started shaking, went for a good minute.+1
Wellington (New Zealand)
71 km S from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
Felt it well, long shake, windows rattling+5
Lower Hutt (New Zealand)
71 km S from epicenter
T0 + 68 min
Had 1st shake that was a good shove and the a 2nd rolling wave for a while that peaked midway0
Brooklyn (New Zealand)
78 km S from epicenter
T0 + 67 min
The glass was rattling and it sounded like a train0
Bulls (New Zealand)
82 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
Was registered as a 6.1 here, and it felt like it.+1
Palmerston North (New Zealand)
88 km E from epicenter
T0 + 11 min
Started small then increased. Unusual, usually just get mild0
Whanganui (New Zealand)
89 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 3 min
Good one+2
Palmerston North (New Zealand)
91 km E from epicenter
T0 + 10 min
It felt and sounded like a slow locomotive rumbling nearby. But then I realized the trains are too far away. When I stood up the whole building was swaying for about a minute.+9
Carterton (New Zealand)
92 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 136 min
Felt lightly sitting in chair. Another person walking in the room didn’t notice it+1
Ocean Beach (New Zealand)
92 km SE from epicenter
T0 + 5 min
Felt bed shaking and walls moving+2
Anakiwa (New Zealand)
93 km SW from epicenter
T0 + 72 min
Decent shake for 10 seconds+2
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