A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 127 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.9981° East, -22.0454° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006gfa. Unique identifier: us10006gfa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:18:21 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 14:18:21 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 127 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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