Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Kaikoura in New Zealand

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.45 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:27:59 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:27 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:27:59 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.7573 East, latitude -42.3965 South, depth = 7.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100077ff. Event ids that are associated: us100077ff.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim. Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 6 km E of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	173.7573° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-42.3965° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km E of Kaikoura, 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	2016-11-13 12:27:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-29 08:23:47	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	416	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	0.162	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us100077ff	Id of event.
Event Code	100077ff	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100077ff,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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