THE Penrith Panthers have been rocked by an earthquake which hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Wednesday night.

Reports from New Zealand media say the 4.7 magnitude quake occurred 10km southeast of the city at 6.45pm (AEST).

The Panthers are due to play the Warriors at Christchurch’s AMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The team flew into New Zealand on Tuesday night and trained in Christchurch on Wednesday.

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Panthers duo Jamie Soward, James Segeyaro and Trent Merrin immediately took to Twitter.

Beauty!!!! my first earthquake experience 😳😖😲 #feeeeeeeeeek!🙏🏾 — chicko segeyaro (@chicko9) May 11, 2016

We just had an earthquake here in cristchurch. #OMG — Jamie Soward (@sowwowofficial) May 11, 2016

4.4 on the scale was moderate but let me say there a few showers happening now from all the boys and a fresh change of underwear. — Jamie Soward (@sowwowofficial) May 11, 2016

The feedback seems to be ok and that it was small is that right? I have no idea... Thanks for the chat guys i appreciate the feedback. — Jamie Soward (@sowwowofficial) May 11, 2016