Earthquake strikes near Wellington interrupting interview with Jacinda Ardern

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BREAKING: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near New Zealand's capital Wellington. 9News

The earthquake was 46 kilometres deep and 25km northwest of Levin, according to government seismic monitor Geonet.According to the Geonet app tens of thousands of people felt the strong quake, most of those reports came from Wellington.The earthquake also interrupted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mid-interview, which was caught on camera.

"We're having a bit of an earthquake here," Ms Ardern said in an early morning interview with Newshub's AM Show from Parliament."Quite a decent shake here…if you see things moving behind here."

 

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