A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.14 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjwq. Unique identifier: us1000bjwq. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/17 / 2017-11-24 23:19:25 / November 24, 2017 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.0943° East, -20.9486° South, depth 7.14 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:19:25 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Wé (c. 10 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wé, Tadine (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km NNE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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