A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (48 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us10006dbf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006dbf. The temblor was picked up at 02:56:35 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 14:56:35 / August 12, 2016 @ 2:56 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 172.8066° East, latitude -22.3979° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 77 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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