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It was Graeme and Pauline Summerby's dog, Monty, that felt it first. They, along with tens of thousands of others, were rattled from their sleep at 2.30am in what would be the first scare of many during the day.

Dogs warned owners of early-morning 7.1 earthquake and tsunami risk on East Coast

SUPPLIED Crashing and banging could be heard in a resident s video as the earthquake rattled a property near Hicks Bay, on the East Coast. But in the minutes before 2.27am it was the canines who first knew of the 7.1 quake that struck 105 kilometres east of Te Araroa. Graeme and Pauline Summersby, who live on top of a hill between Hicks Bay and Te Araroa on the East Coast, have lived in the area for more than 30 years and said the 2.27am quake was the strongest they had ever felt. Like others, they were woken by their dog before the shaking began. Monty, the Jack Russell, began barking moments before it started.

Dogs warn owners of early-morning 7.1 earthquake and tsunami risk on East Coast

As their owners slept soundly in homes up and down the East Coast, it was their dogs – of all breeds and ages – that raised the alarm.