Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Kaikoura in New Zealand

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.35 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007db9. Event ids that are associated: us10007db9. Exact location, longitude 173.7915° East, latitude -42.0068° South, depth = 6.35 km. The temblor was detected at 23:47:52 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 11:47:52 / November 13, 2016 @ 11:47 am.

Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nelson, Richmond, Blenheim (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km NNE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	173.7915° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-42.0068° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45km NNE 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 11:47:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-03 08:18:59	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	284	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	0.298	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us10007db9	Id of event.
Event Code	10007db9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007db9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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