A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.3 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 19:41:17 / October 31, 2017 @ 7:41 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 168.8468 East, latitude -21.6753 South, depth = 11.3 km. The temblor was reported at 06:41:17 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000az9c. Event ids that are associated: us1000az9c.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 was reported nearby.
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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 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: 100 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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