A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Wakefield in New Zealand. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:33:33 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 172.5475° East, latitude -41.3928° South, depth = 6.92 km. The temblor was reported at 00:33:33 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.92 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: us10007dbg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dbg.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Motueka (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nelson, Richmond, Motueka. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 42 km W of Wakefield, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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