A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Blenheim in New Zealand. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000frb2. Unique identifier: us2000frb2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.19 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 174.4409 East, latitude -41.8004 South, depth = 31.19 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 14:18:45 / June 29, 2018 @ 2:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:18:45 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Petone (c. 6 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Upper Hutt, Porirua, Lower Hutt (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km SE of Blenheim, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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