A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Christchurch in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.11 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: us70004q6k. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004q6k. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.5898 East, latitude -43.6053 South, depth = 21.11 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 20:43:21 / July 21, 2019 @ 8:43 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:43:21 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (5 miles) from Christchurch (c. 363 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ashburton (c. 30 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kaiapoi (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashburton, Kaiapoi, Christchurch (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 8 km SSW of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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