A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia (80 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 14:02:52 / June 20, 2016 @ 2:02 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:02:52 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us200066ig. Ids that are associated to the event: us200066ig. Exact location of earthquake, 168.7708° East, -20.7297° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 129 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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