A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.64 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude 174.1001° East, latitude -41.8809° South, depth = 11.64 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:24:08 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 00:24:08 / June 7, 2018 @ 12:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ek58. Id of event: us1000ek58.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Blenheim.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 42 km SSE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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