A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.623 East, latitude -21.3687 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 02:58:56 / November 20, 2017 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. 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). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:58:56 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvx8. Id of event: us2000bvx8.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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