A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 76 km SE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (47 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 172.5161 East, latitude -22.941 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 detected at 19:52:43 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d8h. Id of event: us10006d8h. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 07:52:43 / August 12, 2016 @ 7:52 am.
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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 76 km SE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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