A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Exact location, longitude 173.8933° East, latitude -41.8858° South, depth = 12.55 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.55 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:16:31 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:16 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007deb. Unique identifier: us10007deb. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:16:31 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Richmond, Nelson, Blenheim (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 41 km S of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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