A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 126 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia (78 miles). 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bnaa. Unique identifier: us2000bnaa. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:15:01 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 169.092° East, -21.712° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/17 / 2017-11-04 11:15:01 / November 4, 2017 @ 11:15 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fourty-six, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 126 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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