A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000bvx2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvx2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 168.6142° East, -21.3126° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:47:13 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 01:47:13 / November 20, 2017 @ 1:47 am.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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