A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 124 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia (77 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066gx. Id of event: us200066gx. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:48 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.87 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 168.7524° East, latitude -20.7743° South, depth = 25.87 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 09:38:48 / June 19, 2016 @ 9:38 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 124 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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