28 Mar 2025

Quake shakes lower North Island

1:30 pm on 28 March 2025
A map showing where a quake near Levin on 28 March, 2025 was felt.

A map showing where a quake near Levin on 28 March, 2025 was felt. Photo: GeoNet

An earthquake has caused light shaking near Levin.

The magnitude 4.4 quake struck at 12.59pm on Friday, 20km southwest of the Horowhenua town at a depth of 35km.

Thousands of people reported they felt the shaking to GeoNet mostly in the lower North Island and upper South.

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