More than 23,000 people reported feeling a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning that hit 146 miles south of Auckland, New Zealand, where Tottenham Hotspur arrived just hours before on their pre-season tour.
Fortunately there have been no reports of injuries or damage to buildings from the earthquake, which struck 5km south of Taumarunui in the Manawatu-Whanganui region at 4.51am (5.51pm Friday UK time), at a depth of 9km, or the weaker aftershocks that followed, but it was reported by huge numbers of people across the country's north island.
While safely away further up north from the earthquake, Spurs arrived in the early hours after their long flight to the country and head coach Roberto De Zerbi and his players would have only been in bed for a couple of hours before receiving the notification on their phones from the earthquake alert system, with instructions of what to do if affected.
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Thankfully, despite the quake being labelled 'severe' by Geonet, which measures the numerous such events in the country, only minor slips in roads around the affected Manawatu-Whanganui area have so far been reported. However, thousands of residents from Auckland and above as far as Whangarei and all the way down to the affected area felt the shake.
The New Zealand Herald reported numerous Kiwis claiming it was the biggest such quake they had felt in some time with those closer to the area reporting their homes shaking. One of the largest earthquakes to hit the country in the past century was the Kaikoura Earthquake in 2016 which resulted in two deaths and 618 injuries.
On Saturday, Manawatu-Whanganui Emergency Management Group advised that multiple aftershocks were expected to continue throughout the morning. Emergency services and roading crews were "currently assessing the situation".
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It should be stressed that earthquakes are rare in the actual city of Auckland itself and this one almost 150 miles south would not affect Tottenham or their plans in the coming days as they play Auckland FC at Eden Park on Sunday before flying on to Sydney to continue their summer tour.
They take on Sydney FC at the Allianz Stadium on Wednesday before finishing the trip to the other side of the globe with a match against Chelsea at Accor Stadium next Saturday.
De Zerbi named a 35-man squad for the trip Down Under, with a blend of first team and academy players, including Damola Ajayi, Brandon Austin, Lucas Bergvall, Harry Byrne, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Jamie Donley, Martin Dubravka, Mateus Fernandes, Conor Gallagher, Archie Gray, Tye Hall, Tyrese Hall, Malachi Hardy, Antonin Kinsky, Rio Kyerematen, James Maddison, Mason Melia, Mikey Moore, Richarlison, Andy Robertson, Reiss Russell-Denny, Dane Scarlett, Dominic Solanke, Manor Solomon, Kota Takai, Mathys Tel, Dylan Thompson, Tyler Tingey, Sandro Tonali, Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Jan Paul van Hecke, Luca Williams-Barnett and Yang Min-Hyeok.
Mohamed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Dejan Kulusevski and Wilson Odobert have remained at Hotspur Way to continue their rehabilitation, while Guglielmo Vicario sustained a minor knock in training and will undergo treatment at our Training Centre.
Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Matar Sarr were granted extended leave following their appearances at the World Cup, while Pedro Porro, Marcos Senesi, Cristian Romero and Djed Spence also do not travel after reaching the latter stages of the tournament.