The Wakatipu region escaped major damage from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake, which hit Canterbury on Saturday.
The quake, whose epicentre was about 40km west of Christchurch, was felt in Queenstown about a minute later.
Of the people questioned in Queenstown on Saturday, about half had felt the tremors and half had slept through them.
Neither Queenstown police nor local fire brigades received reports of any damage as a result.
Gordon Bailey, parks manager for the Queenstown Lakes District Council and also principal rural fire officer, told the Queenstown Times on Saturday he had not heard of anyone reporting damage to buildings or infrastructure in the Wakatipu area.
"Once people have a good check through their properties today, there could still be damage discovered. But I would think it is bound to have been minor around here," Mr Bailey said.
A Queenstown Airport spokesman said no damage had been detected at the airport, and it was "business as usual" there on Saturday, except that flights to Christchurch were cancelled or delayed until the afternoon as Christchurch International Airport was closed until 1.30pm.
• See the extensive coverage of the earthquake and its effects in today's Otago Daily Times.
