A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 95 km SW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia (59 miles). Id of earthquake: us20008sgk. Event ids that are associated: us20008sgk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/03/17 / 2017-03-08 14:46:33 / March 8, 2017 @ 2:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:46:33 / 1:46 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, depth 35 km, 171.4006° East, -23.0176° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 95 km SW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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