A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.8213° East, -21.6655° South. The temblor was detected at 22:45:13 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 11:45:13 / November 19, 2017 @ 11:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvgp. Unique identifier: us2000bvgp.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. 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: 97 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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