A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (53 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 172.7728 East, latitude -22.7905 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10006drn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006drn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 14:01:19 / August 14, 2016 @ 2:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:01:19 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 85 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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