Earthquake strikes New ZealandGEONET Thousands of people reported feeling the quake, which struck at 9.42pm near Seddon. A strong aftershock following last year's destructive Kaikoura earthquake struck near Seddon on Thursday night, with thousands reportedly feeling the shake. St John has had no reports of injuries from this evening's #eqnz near Seddon and received no emergency calls about it. ^IH — St John NZ (@StJohnNZ) April 6, 2017GNS Science duty seismologist Caroline Little classified the shake, which was 11km deep, as an aftershock following last November's magnitude-7.8 Kaikoura earthquake. More than 2300 people reported feeling the quake on GeoNet.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2017 09:51 UTC