Earthquake felt down south

Published: 10:03PM Saturday March 20, 2010 Source: NZPA

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An earthquake of 4.3 on the Richter scale rippled across Fiordland, Southland Central and Otago on Saturday night.

GNS Scienece said the tremor, at 9.22pm, was centred 40km northwest of Te Anau at a depth of 70km.

The quake was felt in Kingston and was likely to have been felt in Fiordland, Southland and parts of Central Otago, GNS Science added.

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