A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us200082lj. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082lj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 173.6261 East, latitude -42.1492 South, depth = 16.97 km. The temblor was detected at 07:35:13 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.97 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 19:35:13 / December 19, 2016 @ 7:35 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blenheim. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 29 km N of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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