WELLINGTON, Dec. 4 (xinhua) -- An earthquake of moderate strength struck northeast of the South Island at 03:15:47 GMT on Sunday, according to the government's GeoNet monitoring service.
The quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, and the epicenter, with a depth of 12 km, was located 10 km east of Seddon town.
It has been felt widely across central New Zealand, particularly in Wellington, the capital of the country.
After a 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted just after midnight on November 14, a great number of aftershocks have been recorded by GeoNet.
