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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Kaikoura in New Zealand


Earthquake location -42.3049S, 173.4608WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dev. Id of event: us10007dev. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 173.4608 East, latitude -42.3049 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:12:34 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:12:34 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:12 pm.

The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim.

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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km WNW of Kaikoura, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 173.4608° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -42.3049° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km WNW of Kaikoura, New Zealand Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-13 12:12:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-03 12:23:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 232 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007dev Id of event.
Event Code 10007dev An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007dev, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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