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Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Earthquake shakes upper South Island

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    An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude shook the northern South Island this afternoon.

    It struck at 4.28pm and was centred 40km southwest of Nelson at a depth of 130km, GNS Science reported.

    There were no immediate reports of injury or damage.

     

     

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