Both New Zealand’s North and South Islands have been rocked by an earthquake. 

The magnitude 4.8 quake struck at 8.24am local time (6.24am AEDT) at a depth of 9km and was centered 10km south of Seddon, on the South Island. 

Over 1,200 people reported feeling the earthquake, with tremors were felt as far south as Rakaia and as far north as Palmerston North.

Residents in Witherlea, Redwoodtown and Blenheim in Marlborough and Karori and Te Aro in Wellington reported feeling shakes. 

It comes just weeks after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck about 620km off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia.

The quake was recorded at a depth of 10km at 11.30am local time on February 7.

Earlier in January, two earthquakes rocked the coast of Western Australia within five hours on January 8.

The first 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck Port Hedland, in the  Pilbara region, at 8.44am on Wednesday.

A second 2.8 magnitude tremor was recorded off the coast at 1.20pm. The aftershocks were felt as far as Marble Bar, 200km south of Port Hedland.

The magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck at 8.24am local time (6.24am AEDT) at a depth of 9km and was centered 10km south of Seddon, on the South Island

Over 1,200 people reported feeling the early morning quake (pictured in a GeoNet map)