A FORMER Wellington woman, now living with her family in Canterbury New Zealand, has said her family was quite frightened by the 6.4 magnitude earthquake which shook the region.
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Emily Bloomfield spoke to her mother Carol White after the earthquake.
"She said, 'It shook our beds and we were quite frightened'. Our house is very strong and solid and after it we moved on and I took the children to swimming lessons," Mrs White said.
Mrs Bloomfield, a vet, moved to the area with her husband and family.
The quake is the second biggest since the deadly February 2011 earthquake.
According to GeoNet, the earthquake on New Zealand's South Island was located 35km north of Methven at 6.48 am. It was 10km deep and has been identified as severe by GeoNet.
It was then followed by a string of aftershocks in the area ranging in magnitude from 3.2 to 4.2 at 7am, all less than 11km deep.