A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Motueka this morning.
The quake was centred near Motueka. Photo: GeoNet
The quake at 8.44am was 102km deep, GNS Science said. It had originally assessed the magnitude as 4.9 and later upgraded it.
The GeoNet site had 2100 reports of people having felt the tremor.
GNS Science described the quake as 'light'.