A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10007dih. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dih. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.18 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:43:56 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 16:43:56 / November 15, 2016 @ 4:43 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 174.093° East, -42.2957° South, depth 16.18 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim. Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 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 seventy, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km ENE of Kaikoura, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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