A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.54 km (15 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:23:34 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dbw. Unique identifier: us10007dbw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.9744 East, latitude -42.15 South, depth = 23.54 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 11:23:34 / November 13, 2016 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 37 km NE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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