A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 248 km NNE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (154 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.52 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 36.52 km, 172.7165° East, -20.248° South. Global time and date of event 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 03:59:15 / August 8, 2016 @ 3:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006cwq. Unique identifier: us10006cwq. The temblor was detected at 15:59:15 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 248 km NNE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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