A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Id of earthquake: us2000brgk. Event ids that are associated: at00ozo7f5, us2000brgk, pt17323001. The 6.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:09:04 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.66 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Tadine in New Caledonia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 15:09:04 / November 19, 2017 @ 3:09 pm. Exact location of event, depth 20.66 km, 168.5304° East, -21.5367° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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