A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 125 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (78 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:42:28 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006d5p. Unique identifier: us10006d5p. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 173.2361° East, -22.6593° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 01:42:28 / August 12, 2016 @ 1:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 125 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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