A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 15 km WSW of Kaikoura, New Zealand (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 11:30:22 / December 7, 2016 @ 11:30 am. Id of earthquake: us10007glt. Event ids that are associated: us10007glt. Exact location of event, longitude 173.5065 East, latitude -42.4517 South, depth = 16.08 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.08 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:30:22 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km WSW of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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