A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/17 / 2017-11-24 22:47:08 / November 24, 2017 @ 10:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.0336° East, -21.1061° South. The temblor was reported at 09:47:08 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjwl. Unique identifier: us1000bjwl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wé, Tadine (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Wé (c. 10 400 pop), 52 km (32 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 four, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 51 km NNE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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