A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 84 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (52 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006edj. Id of event: us10006edj. Global time and date of event 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 13:18:05 / August 12, 2016 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.76 km (26 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:18:05 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 172.7735 East, latitude -22.7703 South, depth = 41.76 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 84 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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