Some Bay of Plenty locals were shaken awake by a moderate 4.8 earthquake this morning.

According to GeoNet, the quake was centred 15km west of Te Kaha in the Eastern Bay and struck at a depth of 29 kilometres at 5.46am.

Just under 300 people reported on GeoNet's website they had felt this morning's earthquake, most of whom are living near the epicentre.

But GeoNet also received reports of the quake being felt as far away as Auckland and Wellington.