A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. 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: 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 22:38:15 / December 5, 2016 @ 10:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.22 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10007f2j. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007f2j. Exact location of earthquake, 173.9575° East, -42.0135° South, depth 21.22 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:38:15 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km NNE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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