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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Kaikoura in New Zealand

Posted by admin on December 3, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -42.2916S, 173.2946WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. Id of earthquake: us10007dcu. Event ids that are associated: us10007dcu. The temblor was reported at 00:43:53 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 12:43:53 / November 13, 2016 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.24 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 173.2946° East, -42.2916° South, depth 11.24 km.

Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 34 km WNW of Kaikoura, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 173.2946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -42.2916° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WNW of Kaikoura, New Zealand Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-13 12:43:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-03 13:26:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.219 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007dcu Id of event.
Event Code 10007dcu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007dcu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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