A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/16 / 2016-11-17 23:42:17 / November 17, 2016 @ 11:42 pm. Exact location of event, depth 18.74 km, 174.0607° East, -41.9299° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.74 km (12 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:17 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100079qg. Id of event: us100079qg.
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km S of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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