A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000az9i. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000az9i. Exact location, longitude 168.8372° East, latitude -21.5699° South, depth = 5.72 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:49 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 19:46:49 / October 31, 2017 @ 7:46 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.72 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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