A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000e3e4. Event ids that are associated: us1000e3e4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 01:50:45 / May 12, 2018 @ 1:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:50:45 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 17.22 km, 174.2496° East, -41.7971° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.22 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Porirua, Lower Hutt, Petone (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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