Earthquake rattles Palmerston North

Earthquake rattles Palmerston North
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An earthquake has rattled Palmerston North on Friday morning.

The quake hit 10km southwest of Dannevirke, near Palmerston North, at 9.05am.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.5 and hit 55km beneath the Earth's surface.

Geonet has ranked the strength of the quake as "light" and 692 people have said that they felt the shaking.

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