A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007de7. Id of event: us10007de7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.67 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:46:30 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.67 km, 174.2554° East, -41.7588° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:46:30 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:46 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nelson, Upper Hutt, Porirua (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 36 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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