READ MORE:<\/strong> Bulldogs drop axe on struggling halfback for NRL round nine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Furore erupts over controversial LIV Golf move<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Another earthquake struck shortly thereafter, registering 5.4 on the Rictor scale at a depth of just 13km.<\/p>\n There were more than 22,000 reports of the biggest shakes to GeoNet, which monitors earthquakes across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n "Gosh we're just having a massive earthquake here in Hawke's Bay," said Smith on his SENZ morning show.<\/p>\n "How does that go? Everything is still shaking. My goodness, that's a massive earthquake… and it's still shaking!<\/p>\n "Holy heck, I've never commentated on an earthquake before. This is interesting. That is a long, prolonged\u2026 Oh it's still going. Bigger, bigger, bigger.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/NZcivildefence\/status\/1650995807141650432<\/a><\/p>\n "Anyway, you might have to take over shortly," he said to his producer as his camera shook.<\/p>\n "It is a live earthquake. Still going. It is what? A good 20 seconds or so. It's a decent one, I can promise you that.\u00a0<\/p>\n "I'm not sure it's a damage causing one but certainly it's one that gets the hackles up a little bit."<\/p>\n Smith has been a constant at SENZ since broadcast rights in New Zealand saw him end a 23-year spell as a commentator for domestic and international Blackcaps fixtures with Sky.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/geonet\/status\/1651102556871950336<\/a><\/p>\n His Blackcaps career saw him play 63 Test matches and 93 ODIs between 1980 and 1992.<\/p>\n Smith, 66, made a career-best 173 and holds several records including the most dismissals in an innings (seven), most catches in an innings (seven), and the most runs of any number nine batter with 173.<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n