A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (62 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d6i. Id of event: us10006d6i. Exact location, longitude 173.0261° East, latitude -22.4883° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:41:37 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 02:41:37 / August 12, 2016 @ 2:41 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 100 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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