Indonesia tsunami kills 113
Nine Australians missing for almost 24 hours after a powerful earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia's west are safe and well.
Dunedin's heritage buildings would bear the brunt of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake centred on the city, with damage likely to be the same as in Christchurch, a seismic expert says.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale has rocked the central North Island this afternoon.
A large undersea earthquake shook the east coast of the North Island shortly before noon today, but there were no reports of damage.
The upper South Island was shaken by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 8.59am today, GNS Science reported.