A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 07:05:52 / December 1, 2017 @ 7:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:05:52 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bjrw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjrw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 168.6352° East, latitude -21.4625° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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