A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (82 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 02:34:44 / August 12, 2016 @ 2:34 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:44 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 173.3123° East, -22.6161° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us10006d68. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d68.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 132 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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