A magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked a region of New Zealand not long after Tottenham Hotspur landed for their pre-season tour.
Spurs have travelled to Oceania for a summer schedule of friendlies ahead of their first full season under Roberto De Zerbi.
They arrived in Auckland from London in the early hours of Saturday morning, with an earthquake taking place not long after.
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), it struck the Manawatu-Whanganui region on the North Island.
At a magnitude of 5.9, it had the ability to cause slight damage to buildings and other structures, as per the scale from Michigan Tech.
It was described as a severe earthquake by GeoNet, a New Zealand-based natural hazard monitoring system.
The New Zealand Herald have also claimed that over 20,000 people felt shaking, and emergency services are ‘assessing the situation’.
Luckily for Spurs, the earthquake occurred over 320 kilometres away from where they are in Auckland.
Who do Spurs play in pre-season?
Spurs have already played a friendly match this summer as they beat MK Dons 1-0 earlier in the week.
They are up against Auckland FC on Sunday, with kick-off coming at 4am UK time.
Sydney FC follow on Wednesday, with a more UK-friendly kick-off at 10:45am, in the Sydney Super Cup.
Spurs then face Premier League rivals Chelsea on August 1 with the same kick-off time.
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After a hat-trick of matches in New Zealand and Australia, Spurs will return to London and face Getafe at their training ground.
Two friendlies against TSG Hoffenheim conclude the schedule, with one coming at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 15.
Spurs begin their Premier League campaign with a trip across the capital to Brentford on August 22.
Who is in the Spurs pre-season squad?
A total of 35 players have travelled for the north London club’s tour.
Summer signings Martin Dubravka, Mateus Fernandes, Andy Robertson, Sandro Tonali and Jan Paul van Hecke are all set to play.
Mohamed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Dejan Kulusevski and Wilson Odobert remain in London as part of their injury recoveries.
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Guglielmo Vicario, who is understood to have agreed personal terms with Inter Milan, is also absent amid a minor knock he got in training.
Following their World Cup appearances with Uruguay and Senegal respectively, Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Matar Sarr are on leave.
Pedro Porro, Marcos Senesi, Cristian Romero and Djed Spence, who reached the semi-finals, are also out of the squad.
