A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (45 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/16 / 2016-10-13 23:13:05 / October 13, 2016 @ 11:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dyl. Id of event: us20007dyl. Exact location of event, longitude 172.6608 East, latitude -22.7404 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:13:05 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 73 km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia.
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