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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Kaikoura in New Zealand


Earthquake location -41.9823S, 173.9062WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 13:57:10 / November 13, 2016 @ 1:57 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dd4. Id of event: us10007dd4. Exact location of event, longitude 173.9062 East, latitude -41.9823 South, depth = 21.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:57:10 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.76 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nelson, Richmond, Blenheim.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km NNE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 173.9062° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -41.9823° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km NNE 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 13:57:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-04 22:11:11 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 326 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 0.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us10007dd4 Id of event.
Event Code 10007dd4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007dd4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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