The magnitude 3.9 quake was centred 10km east of Lower Hutt, at a depth of 14km.

It struck around 6=30.. with almost 7-and a half thousand people on Geonet reporting they'd felt shaking.

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15 Dec: Don't be fooled by the dry, hot weather - tomorrow is likely to bring a blast from the past

15 Dec: Firefighters are dampening down hot spots at the scene of a vegetation fire at Taylors Mistake in Christchurch

14 Dec: Heavy rain is forecast for the Grey District and Paparoa Range tomorrow and into Monday

14 Dec: A reminder Canterbury is in a restricted fire season, as the region has a dry and windy start to the weekend

13 Dec: Oldest modern human genomes suggest Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred over 7,000 years

12 Dec: Evacuees near a scrub fire on the outskirts of Christchurch have been given the all clear to return

12 Dec: Firefighting efforts are nearing an end at all three Canterbury blazes

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