A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.87 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:55:58 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000bvih. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvih. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 15:55:58 / November 19, 2017 @ 3:55 pm. Exact location, longitude 168.7243° East, latitude -21.6466° South, depth = 14.87 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 87 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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