Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Kaikoura in New Zealand

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.67 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 event, longitude 174.0055 East, latitude -42.333 South, depth = 11.67 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:05:07 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10007dc5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dc5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:05:07 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:05 pm.

Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km ENE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	174.0055° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-42.333° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km ENE 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 15:05:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-06 19:27:07	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	369	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	0.355	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us10007dc5	Id of event.
Event Code	10007dc5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007dc5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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