A greatness 5.6 seismic tremor struck close to Te Anau on Monday morning, as indicated by GeoNet.
The moderate tremor happened 40 kilometers from the Fiordland town.
GeoNet recorded the tremor at 10.52am.
Most rundowns stopped with GeoNet noticed the shake as feeble to direct.
It was purportedly felt over the lower South Island in places including Wreys Bush, Invercargill, Wanaka and Arrowtown.
Nonetheless, a few felt reports were likewise held up from the North Island.
Police said there had been no reports of harm from the shake.
Southland region councilor Ebel Kremer, who lives in Te Anau, said he heard the shudder preceding it hit.
“It was a decent clatter and somewhat of a thunder and somewhat of a stone – it was a decent one that is without a doubt.”
Be that as it may, he had not had any calls revealing any harm, he said.
Anna Molloy of the Te Anau Top 10 Holiday Park said she was in her office when the shudder hit.
“It was a decent small wobble, the blinds moved and the water in my water bottle was moving.”
She said the shudder kept going 10 to 15 seconds.
Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker was at home in Queenstown and said the shudder seemed like a cargo train preceding it hit.
“I heard it coming or around 10 seconds … it went on for a decent 20 to 30 seconds.
“The house began to shake and I went to watch that his significant other and infant were alright.”
Chris Wozniak, who lives in Arrowtown, depicted it as a “solid and sharp seismic tremor shock” yet said it was over rapidly.
The tremor is the second in the zone as of late. Several individuals announced inclination a 5.0 size tremor, 40km north-west of Te Anau at 7.50pm on April 18.
Altered by NZ Fiji Times
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