A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 174.264° East, -41.9595° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dc9. Unique identifier: us10007dc9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:24:53 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:24:53 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:24 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, 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 one hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km SSE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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