A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 10:03:57 / November 19, 2017 @ 10:03 am. Event id: us2000bvgf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvgf. Exact location, longitude 168.7852° East, latitude -21.6181° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:03:57 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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