Earthquake shakes Central Otago

An earthquake of 4.3 on the Richter scale rippled across Fiordland, Southland and Central Otago last night.

GNS Scienece said the tremor, at 9.22pm, was centred 40km northwest of Te Anau at a depth of 70km.

The quake was felt in Kingston and was likely to have been felt in Fiordland, Southland and parts of Central Otago, GNS Science added.