A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.55 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000e75p. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e75p. Exact location of earthquake, 174.2397° East, -41.859° South, depth 12.55 km. Global time and date of event 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 02:33:07 / May 12, 2018 @ 2:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:33:07 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petone, Wellington, Blenheim. Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SSE of Blenheim, New Zealand.
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