A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 137 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (85 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 15:13:45 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006fce. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006fce. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 173.2545° East, -22.9384° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/16 / 2016-08-20 03:13:45 / August 20, 2016 @ 3:13 am.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 137 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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