A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 15:52:50 / November 13, 2016 @ 3:52 pm. Unique identifier: us10007dcb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dcb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.19 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 174.4034° East, latitude -41.9167° South, depth = 9.19 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:52:50 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lower Hutt, Petone, Wellington.
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 eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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