A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 5.19 km, 174.1228° East, -42.3399° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:17:57 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.19 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:17:57 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:17 pm. Event id: us10007dbd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dbd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 ENE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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