A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:51:58 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvgc. Id of event: us2000bvgc. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 09:51:58 / November 19, 2017 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 168.5499° East, latitude -21.781° South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 73 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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