A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.822 East, latitude -21.6209 South, depth = 12.98 km. Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 23:06:04 / October 31, 2017 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000azg3. Event ids that are associated: us1000azg3. The temblor was picked up at 10:06:04 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.98 km (8 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 97 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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