Wellington quakes 'just a coincidence'  File photo / NZ Herald
File photo / NZ Herald  Earthquakes rattling Wellington this
week are no indication that a deadly Christchurch-scale disaster
is set to hit the capital in the near future, a seismologist
says.  Many Wellingtonians were shaken from their sleep early
this morning when a magnitude 4.7 quake struck at 2.19am. It was
centred 10km northeast of Upper Hutt, at a depth of 30km. Police
said there were no reports of damage.  Another earthquake
measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale and centred 10km north of
Upper Hutt struck 30km deep at 12.55pm, GNS Science reported.
Today's earthquakes followed a magnitude 4.5 quake on Tuesday.
GNS Science duty seismologist John Ristau said there was no
connection between the Wellington quakes and the recent flurry
of seismic activity in Christchurch.  "They really have nothing
to do with what's going on in Christchurch, these couple of
earthquakes here in Wellington.  They're really nothing
unusual," he said.  Dr Ristau sai