A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck near Whakatāne on Sunday morning as the swarm of quakes continue in the region.
According to New Zealand's GeoNet, the quake hit 20km west of Whakatāne at 10:42am.
Over 700 people have reported feeling the quake, with most along the east coast of the North Island. But a few people reported feeling it in the South Island.
GeoNet described the shaking as "light", and the vast majority of felt reports said it was 'light', 'weak' or "moderate.
One person in the South Island described the shaking as "extreme" while another said, "severe".
It comes the Whakatāne area has been hit by a swarm of earthquakes over the last few days.
There were more than 200 weak-to-moderate quakes near Whakatāne and Kawerau on Saturday.
GNS Science recorded over 70 quakes over magnitude 3 on the Richter scale on Saturday morning alone. And they're still going.
"Swarms can last for days or for weeks and it's hard to know when it's going to end," GNS Science duty seismologist Elizabeth Abbott told Newshub.
"Since this morning our monitoring centre has located over 250 earthquakes many of which would have been felt by the public."
"When the earthquake hit I heard trees cracking and the whole side of the hill just started sliding down. It was pretty freaky that's for sure," one Kawerau local said.
