A 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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