A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 141 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (88 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/16 / 2016-08-17 00:03:52 / August 17, 2016 @ 12:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 173.2963° East, -22.9386° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:52 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fsj. Id of event: us10006fsj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 141 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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