A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 139 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (86 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 08:03:13 / August 12, 2016 @ 8:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10006d8l. Event ids that are associated: us10006d8l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 173.3572° East, -22.7464° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:03:13 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 139 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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