A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Christchurch in New Zealand on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 172.803 East, latitude -43.5841 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004td7. Unique identifier: us10004td7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 14:32:40 / February 28, 2016 @ 2:32 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:32:40 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Christchurch (c. 363 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ashburton (c. 30 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kaiapoi (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashburton, Kaiapoi, Christchurch.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km ESE of Christchurch, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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