A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 134 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia (83 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 12:23:51 / June 19, 2016 @ 12:23 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us200066h2. Unique identifier: us200066h2. Exact location of earthquake, 169.0243° East, -20.9787° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 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 reported at 23:23:51 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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.
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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. 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: 134 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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