Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude was felt in New Zealand capital on Wednesday morning. There was no reports of casualties or damages, APA reports quoting XInhua.
The moderate quake hit just before 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday local time (at 16:30 GMT on Tuesday), New Zealand government geological agency GNS Sciences said.
It was centred 30 km east of Seddon in Cook Strait at a depth of 22 km.
It was felt across Marlborough and in Wellington.
The early morning shake is another in a long series of earthquakes to hit the area since July, with the biggest being a magnitude 6.5 quake on July 21 and a 6.6 quake on August 16.