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Ben McKay

Earthquakes rattle New Zealand’s North Island

Two earthquakes above magnitude 5.0 have occurred south of Napier, in Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand. Photo: AAP

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have been shaken by two earthquakes rated severe by monitoring agency GNS Science.

The first magnitude 5.9 quake occurred at 10.16am on Wednesday, and centred on Porangahau, a remote town in the sourthern Hawke’s Bay region.

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