A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.18 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.3518 East, latitude -41.8386 South, depth = 11.18 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:07:35 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/16 / 2016-11-20 11:07:35 / November 20, 2016 @ 11:07 am. Event id: us10007ava. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ava.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Porirua, Lower Hutt, Petone. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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