A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 11:15:04 / November 19, 2017 @ 11:15 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:04 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvgk. Id of event: us2000bvgk. Exact location of earthquake, 168.6722° East, -21.6853° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 83 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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