A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has actually struck off the coast of New Zealand in between North and South Islands. The trembling happened at 11.53 am on Friday in the sea, equidistant in between New Plymouth and Nelson. More than 20,000 individuals reported feeling the earthquake, consisting of in the capital Wellington an hour prior to the Women’s World Cup quarter-final in between Spain and Netherlands. View the most recent News on Channel 7 or stream free of charge on 7plus >> The earthquake, at a depth of 170km, was felt at the arena. It is the 2nd earthquake the Spanish gamers would have felt throughout their remain in New Zealand. On leaving their training base in Palmerston North due to dullness, they showed up in Wellington as a 4.6 magnitude quake struck neighboring Paraparaumu. While that trembling was of less strength, its epicentre was closer to Wellington and at a reasonably shallow depth of 40km– implying it was reported to have actually been felt by approximately the very same variety of individuals. “Spain, Netherlands, are you worried prior to your huge #FIFAWWC quarterfinal? Here, have an #eqnz,” Paul Bruere published on social networks website X. Peter Griffin published on the very same site: “Yikes, rolling and juddery in Welly recently.”