A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 168.7697° East, -21.4964° South, depth 16.79 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 14:13:51 / November 20, 2017 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.79 km (10 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:51 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvy7. Id of event: us2000bvy7.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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