A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 168.6808° East, -21.4945° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 12:27:38 / November 20, 2017 @ 12:27 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:27:38 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvy2. Id of event: us2000bvy2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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