A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/17 / 2017-05-22 02:10:03 / May 22, 2017 @ 2:10 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:03 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.33 km, 173.7436° East, -42.2367° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.33 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008u33. Unique identifier: us10008u33.
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 19 km NNE of Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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