A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Woodend in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us10007de2. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007de2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 173.7496° East, latitude -43.4903° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:23:02 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:23:02 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kaiapoi, Christchurch (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Christchurch (c. 363 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kaiapoi (c. 10 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 89 km ESE of Woodend, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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