A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.4817 East, latitude -21.5209 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 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: 16/11/17 / 2017-11-16 07:02:38 / November 16, 2017 @ 7:02 am. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:02:38 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bphs. Unique identifier: us2000bphs.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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