A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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, 174.4443° East, -41.827° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 19:38:07 / November 13, 2016 @ 7:38 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:07 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100077en. Ids that are associated to the event: us100077en.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Upper Hutt, Porirua, Lower Hutt (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-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: 53 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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