A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. Exact location of event, longitude 173.4319 East, latitude -42.2132 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10007db8. Event ids that are associated: us10007db8. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:34 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 11:19:34 / November 13, 2016 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nelson, Richmond, Blenheim (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 km NW of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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