A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.0158 East, latitude -41.9792 South, depth = 15.35 km. The temblor was detected at 04:44:03 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.35 km (10 miles). Event id: us10007der. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007der. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 16:44:03 / November 13, 2016 @ 4:44 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km S of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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