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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kaikoura in New Zealand


Earthquake location -42.0085S, 173.761WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Kaikoura in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 04:38:11 / December 5, 2016 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:38:11 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.28 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.761 East, latitude -42.0085 South, depth = 22.28 km. Id of earthquake: us10007ex1. Event ids that are associated: us10007ex1.

Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nelson, Richmond, Blenheim. Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 44 km N of Kaikoura, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 173.761° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -42.0085° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km N 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 2016-12-05 04:38:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-14 05:52:26 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 284 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 0.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us10007ex1 Id of event.
Event Code 10007ex1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ex1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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