A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:33:14 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 11:33:14 / November 20, 2017 @ 11:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000bvy0. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvy0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.7762° East, -21.4109° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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