A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 135 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (84 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:39:16 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000ayvb. Event ids that are associated: us1000ayvb. Exact location, longitude 169.1886° East, latitude -21.572° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 02:39:16 / October 31, 2017 @ 2:39 am.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 135 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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