Earthquakes: Rotorua rattled by series of shallow quakes

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Rotorua has been rattled by a series of small, shallow quakes early on Monday morning.

GeoNet recorded several weak quakes in the area between 4:08am and 4:36am.

Three quakes reached 2.2 magnitude while a fourth was just below 2. All were less than 5km below the surface and were within 5km of the Bay of Plenty town.

"Can these earthquakes f**k right off?! I want some sleep," one Rotorua resident tweeted following the shallow quakes.

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Speaking to NZME, one local described the rumblings as "quite sharp" and "frightening".

"You can hear them coming and they're quite rolly," she said.

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