A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km ENE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (55 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 13/08/16 / 2016-08-13 06:37:54 / August 13, 2016 @ 6:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:37:54 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dis. Id of event: us10006dis. Exact location of event, longitude 172.8798 East, latitude -22.1882 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 88 km ENE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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