A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ds2d. Unique identifier: us1000ds2d. Exact location, longitude 174.0554° East, latitude -42.3363° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:34:50 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 15:34:50 / April 25, 2018 @ 3:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel anything?
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: 31 km ENE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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