Hawke’s Bay residents felt three light earthquakes late this afternoon.
The series of events began with a magnitude 3.5 quake at 5:15 p.m., followed by a magnitude 3.7 event 5 minutes later. A third earthquake with magnitude of 3.7 struck at 5:34 p.m.
All were located 20 km south-east of Hastings at a depth of 40 km.
[Data sourced from Geonet and its contributing agencies.]