A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10007bmw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007bmw. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/16 / 2016-11-23 01:00:14 / November 23, 2016 @ 1:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.3092 East, latitude -41.7484 South, depth = 25.67 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.67 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:00:14 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Upper Hutt, Porirua, Lower Hutt (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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