A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. The temblor was reported at 02:32:40 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/16 / 2016-11-20 14:32:40 / November 20, 2016 @ 2:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.8837 East, latitude -42.2591 South, depth = 15.88 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.88 km (10 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007awh. Id of event: us10007awh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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