A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 00:59:08 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 174.2408° East, latitude -41.7893° South, depth = 8.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.91 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10007dec. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dec. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:59:08 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:59 pm.
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Porirua, Lower Hutt, Petone (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 38 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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