A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:42:38 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000bvip. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvip. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 11:42:38 / November 19, 2017 @ 11:42 am. Exact location, longitude 168.6989° East, latitude -21.7582° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine. Nearby country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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