By 1News Reporters
8:55am

A "strong" 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the top of the South Island this morning.

According to GeoNet, the quake struck 10km south of Seddon at a depth of 9km
at around 8.24am.

The quake, reported by 1306 people at the time of writing, was described as "strong".

"Wow, six floors up, and that was a good shake," one user on X said.

"Bit of a shake there," another said.

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