Bay of Plenty residents had a shaky start to their morning as two earthquakes shook the Taupo region.

GeoNet reported an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit 25km north-west of Taupo at 6.06am.

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It had a focal depth of 9km.

A second quake hit the region 31 minutes later, reports GeoNet.

It was also struck 25km north-west of Taupo and had a focal depth of 9km. It registered 3.3.