Kaikoura shaken by morning quakes

There was an early-morning spike in earthquake activity around Kaikōura on Thursday.A magnitude 4.7 tremor struck at 12:30am, centered only five kilometers from the earthquake-damaged town.Ten minutes later there was a 4.4 quake 20 kilometres away. 

We are making much better progress than expected, the New Zealand Transport Agency hopes to restore controlled, single-lane access to residents and essential services by mid-December," Bridges said on Tuesday.

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New Zealand earthquake: The worst-affected areas

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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury has rocked a number of regions overnight, with tsunami waves reaching New Zealand's east coast and aftershocks causing havoc nationwide. Two people are dead, and quakes have been recorded as far as north as Pukekohe, just south of Auckland, meaning a large part of the country has been affected by tremors. 

A tsunami warning was in place for much of the country over night but was downgraded to a marine and beach threat shortly after 8am. The threat is in place from Napier and Hastings to the Waitaki Coast.

Second Earthquake Rattles Central Italy

Two earthquakes have rocked central Italy on Wednesday evening, just two months after another earthquake killed more that 290 people. The first strong earthquake was magnitude 5.4 and struck near Preci, around 61 kilometers southeast of Perugia, at a depth of 10 km according to the us geological servey.

People have reported feeling the shakes as far away as bologna while a number of people say buildings in Rome were rattled. Power in some areas were knocked out by the first quake and closed a major highway. In august buildings in central Italy were flattened and nearly 300 people died.