A major earthquake magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 22:43:29 / November 19, 2017 @ 10:43 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, 168.5° East, -21.3° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt17323002, at00ozosgj. Id of event: at00ozosgj. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tadine in New Caledonia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:43:29 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wé, Tadine (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 135 km (84 miles) from Wé (c. 10 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.
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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. 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: 69 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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