A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (62 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 17:08:24 / August 31, 2016 @ 5:08 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.07 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006j2n. Event ids that are associated: us10006j2n. The temblor was picked up at 05:08:24 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 173.0264 East, latitude -22.4883 South, depth = 39.07 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 100 km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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