A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Exact location of earthquake, 168.758° East, -21.7349° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000bvy9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvy9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 15:00:16 / November 20, 2017 @ 3:00 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:00:16 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadine (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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