A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck in Waikato.
GeoNet reports the quake hit five kilometres south of Te Aroha, at a depth of 7km, just after 5.30am.
More than 20,000 people have reported feeling shaking.
Kiwis on Twitter reported feeling the quake in Tauranga, Hamilton, Cambridge and Pukekohe.
Tauranga resident Gary told 九一星空无限talk ZB it started off with a real good jolt, then a few smaller jolts.
He says it carried on rolling for about 20 seconds.
Colleen Firth also felt the quake in Katikati.
鈥滻 was asleep, and I woke up to the whole house shaking.鈥
She says it was noisy, and lasted for about a minute.
A P膩p膩moa resident said she felt the quake at 5.49am and the whole house shook.
Other people took to social media and Shelley Wood said 鈥測es felt bed shaking!鈥 while Marama Mateparae said 鈥測es - woke me up鈥.
Northern fire communications said they had not received any reports of significant damage or calls for assistance following the strong quake.
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