A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.6416° East, -21.4595° South. Unique identifier: us2000bvz1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bvz1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:07:53 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 02:07:53 / November 20, 2017 @ 2:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 79 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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