A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/17 / 2017-06-27 14:11:52 / June 27, 2017 @ 2:11 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:11:52 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100096qx. Event ids that are associated: us100096qx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 174.352° East, -41.8411° South, depth 20.15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.15 km (13 miles).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Porirua, Lower Hutt, Petone.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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