Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Blenheim in New Zealand

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. The temblor was reported at 19:21:05 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100077l5. Id of event: us100077l5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.2768 East, latitude -41.7612 South, depth = 20.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.24 km (13 miles). Global time and date of event 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 07:21:05 / November 14, 2016 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richmond, Nelson, Upper Hutt.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	174.2768° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-41.7612° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-14 07:21:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-14 07:37:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	432	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.048	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	98	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us100077l5	Id of event.
Event Code	100077l5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100077l5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

174.2768° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-41.7612° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

20.24 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-11-14 07:21:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-11-14 07:37:28

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

720

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

432

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.048

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.86 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us100077l5

Id of event.

Event Code

100077l5

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us100077l5,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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