A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Brooklyn in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 174.5648° East, -41.7068° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066g0. Id of event: us200066g0. The temblor was picked up at 00:38:41 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 12:38:41 / June 24, 2016 @ 12:38 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paraparaumu, Upper Hutt, Porirua (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km SSW of Brooklyn, New Zealand.
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