A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 18.44 km, 174.2331° East, -41.7034° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.44 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007dce. Event ids that are associated: us10007dce. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 16:36:18 / November 13, 2016 @ 4:36 pm. The temblor was detected at 04:36:18 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Upper Hutt, Nelson, Porirua. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Close 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-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 31 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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