A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Greymouth in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:34:04 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/17 / 2017-01-11 21:34:04 / January 11, 2017 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.66 km (8 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007smk. Id of event: us10007smk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 171.6885 East, latitude -42.7872 South, depth = 12.66 km.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Greymouth (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Greymouth (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 53 km SE of Greymouth, New Zealand.
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