新西兰三日早晨发生里氏5.7级地震，震中位于惠灵顿西北160公里处，震源在地表以下200公里处。北岛许多地区和南岛北部地区均有震感。有惠灵顿居民说，地震持续了大约7秒钟，震感明显。
Xīnxīlán sān rì zǎochén fāshēng lǐshì wǔ diǎn qī jí dìzhèn ，zhènzhōng wèiyú Huìlíngdùn xīběi yībǎi liùshí gōnglǐ chù ，zhènyuán zài dìbiǎo yǐxià liǎngbǎi gōnglǐ chù 。Běidǎo xǔduō dìqū hé Nándǎo běibù dìqū jūn yǒu zhèngǎn 。yǒu Huìlíngdùn jūmín shuō ，dìzhèn chíxù le dàyuē qī miǎozhōng ，zhèngǎn míngxiǎn 。
On the morning of the third, New Zealand experienced an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 160 kilometers northwest of Wellington. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 200 kilometers beneath the earth's surface. Many areas on both the northern island and northern part of the southern island were affected. Residents of Wellington say that the earthquake lasted for around seven seconds and that the effects were very noticeable.