A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The temblor was picked up at 03:03:41 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.06 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 16:03:41 / November 19, 2017 @ 4:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.7329 East, latitude -21.4198 South, depth = 16.06 km. Id of earthquake: us2000bvh6. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvh6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 89 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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