A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:00:26 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.3011 East, latitude -41.9601 South, depth = 6.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:26 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dc6. Id of event: us10007dc6.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petone, Wellington, Blenheim (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 57 km SSE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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