A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (48 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:01:00 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 18:01:00 / August 15, 2016 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 172.8141 East, latitude -22.368 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10006dym. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dym.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 78 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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