The magnitude 5.1 quake struck 120 kilometres west of Te Anau, at a depth of 33 kilometres just after 11am.

The Lower South Island was also shaken by a magnitude six quake on Tuesday.

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Other Lower South Island News

15 Jul: Queenstown Rees Hotel has been fined 22 thousand dollars for selling illegally caught crayfish - as part of a pricey luxury experience

15 Jul: An anonymous benefactor's generosity is funding a 50-thousand-dollar reward for information on the deaths of three sea lions in Southland

15 Jul: A woman has died, two days after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, south of Hampden in Otago, on Sunday afternoon

15 Jul: Plans are progressing for a new hospital in Otago Central Lakes

13 Jul: State Highway One is closed south of Otago's Hampden following a two-vehicle crash

13 Jul: A reward has soared to 50 thousand dollars for information about three sea lions deaths, in Southland

12 Jul: Geonet has recorded a 4.2 magnitude earthquake just outside of Queenstown

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