A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 23 km SE of Kaikoura, New Zealand (14 miles) on Saturday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:38:09 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.59 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.8636 East, latitude -42.5668 South, depth = 19.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007ai4. Event ids that are associated: us10007ai4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/16 / 2016-11-19 11:38:09 / November 19, 2016 @ 11:38 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 23 km SE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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