A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded near Whakatāne.
The earthquake was centred 25km west of Whakatāne. Photo: GeoNet
The quake was 133km deep and classified as light by GeoNet.
It was centred 25km west of Whakatāne and struck at 7.15am.
Almost 1300 people reported they felt the tremor.