A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Amberley in New Zealand on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.52 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:46:38 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007bcu. Id of event: us10007bcu. Global time and date of event 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 07:46:38 / November 22, 2016 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 172.9619° East, -42.9069° South, depth 6.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Christchurch, Kaiapoi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Christchurch (c. 363 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Kaiapoi (c. 10 200 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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