A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 15.71 km, 173.6051° East, -42.2255° South. The temblor was detected at 09:14:09 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100077vy. Ids that are associated to the event: us100077vy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.71 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 21:14:09 / November 14, 2016 @ 9:14 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 21 km NNW of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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