A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 99 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (62 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.16 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 46.16 km, 173.0109° East, -22.5304° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:53:43 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 02:53:43 / August 15, 2016 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006f21. Id of event: us10006f21.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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