A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.55 km (12 miles). Unique identifier: us10007ghv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007ghv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 173.8395 East, latitude -42.293 South, depth = 18.55 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 22:25:09 / December 6, 2016 @ 10:25 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:25:09 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km NE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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