A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 156 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (97 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 17:11:08 / February 24, 2016 @ 5:11 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:11:08 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.6755 East, latitude -21.8108 South, depth = 113.41 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.41 km (70 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004syk. Unique identifier: us10004syk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 156 km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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