A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:09:57 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.468 East, latitude -42.0472 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:09:57 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:09 pm. Id of earthquake: us10007dff. Event ids that are associated: us10007dff. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Blenheim. Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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