A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tadine in New Caledonia. Event id: us2000bvy8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvy8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.21 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 14:23:29 / November 20, 2017 @ 2:23 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:23:29 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 168.7164° East, -21.5403° South, depth 7.21 km.
Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tadine (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tadine. Close country/countries, New Caledonia (c. 216 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 86 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia.
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