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32 testimonies
Hamilton (New Zealand)
579 km N from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
Feel mild shaking-3
Hamilton (New Zealand)
579 km N from epicenter
T0 + 29 min
Woke up from rocking felt sick. Ran to window nobody else's lights on. Only me and one dog barking noticed. Family still all asleep to. Hope everyone is ok. -2
Rotorua (New Zealand)
580 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 18 min
Woke me up. Was long. More rolling side to side type motion than rough.+6
Hamilton (New Zealand)
581 km N from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
Just felt earthquake. swaying 30 odd seconds+4
Tauranga (New Zealand)
614 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 42 min
It was a very light shaking for one minute thirty seconds around 12am Monday 14 November 20160
Te Puke (New Zealand)
615 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 14 min
Rolling quake that has me feeling motion sick. I was on my laptop when I felt as if I was about to pass out (the feeling was similar) Despite the lack of proximity to the actual quake area, wall hangings were shaking, and books on my desk fell over. +13
Tauranga (New Zealand)
624 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 16 min
Was lying in bed watching YouTube next minute felt crazy vertigo like side to side motion got up turned the light on and the bloody thing was swinging +8
Waihi Beach (New Zealand)
639 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 54 min
Was sitting up on bed. It felt like being in a boat. I felt a bit nauseas. It last for about a minute. 0
Papakura (New Zealand)
647 km N from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
On the second floor of the house I felt a lot of movement, not shaking but wobbly. Very peculiar -2
Auckland (New Zealand)
666 km N from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
I was in bed, still awake and felt very nauseous. I then realised the house was shaking ever so slightly and the cord for the blinds was knocking against the window. It went on for a couple of minutes.+3
Auckland (New Zealand)
673 km N from epicenter
T0 + 20 min
Woken from sleep in a 17tg floor apartment 0
Leigh (New Zealand)
728 km N from epicenter
T0 + 549 min
Woken by light shaking around midnight0
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